Book Quote by Alan Bennett

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

— Kevin Barry

“People are often dismissive of librarians and libraries…But isn't that where the best stories are kept? Hidden away on the library bookshelves, lost and…

— Justine Picardie

“A library is many things. It’s a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It’s a place to go if you…

— E.B. White

“Libraries are sanctuaries from the world and command centers onto it: here in the quiet rooms are the lives of Crazy Horse and Aung…

— Rebecca Solnit

“The library serves as a gathering place for friends who share the love of books. It further serves as a resource for those who…

— Kristen Ashley

“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”

— Richard Denney

Books are our umbilical cord to life. They connect us deeply, and with more meaning, to the world. They aren't about escaping from ourselves…

— Matt Haig

Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of…

— Anne Fadiman

People are living books. The real library of life is community.

— Anonymous

“People are often dismissive of librarians and libraries - as if the words are synonymous with boredom or timidity. But isn't that where the…

— Justine Picardie

“The great unsold truth of libraries is that people need them not because they’re about study and solitude, but because they’re about connection. Connection…

— Bella Bathurst

“The existence of any library, even mine, allows readers a sense of what their craft is truly about, a craft that struggles against the…

— Alberto Manguel