Life Quote by Alberto Manguel

“...a book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands. If for a hundred and…

— Umberto Eco

“But the library - especially one so vast - is no mere cabinet of curiosities; it's a world, complete and uncompleteable, and it is…

— Matthew Battles

“A library is not only a place of both order and chaos; it is also the realm of chance. Books, even after they have…

— Alberto Manguel

“No other library anywhere, for example, has a whole gallery of unwritten books - books that would have been written if the author hadn't…

— Terry Pratchett

“The only way to make a library safe is to lock people out of it. As long as they are allowed to read the…

— Anonymous

There is something about libraries, old libraries, that makes them seem almost sacred. There's a smell of paper and must and binding stuff. It's…

— Carrie Jones

“The bookworm of great libraries.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“I love libraries. I love books. There is something sacred, I think, about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom,…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“The very idea of a library for me is bound to my mother and father and includes the history of my own metamorphosis through…

— Siri Hustvedt

“thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough, but what made it really one of…

— Terry Pratchett

“The glory of the library for me is how many of the books are in poor physical condition. They are books that have been…

— Linda Grant

There is something almost sacred about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, and the pondering of men…

— Gordon B. Hinckley