Categories Quote by Alberto Manguel

“The categories that a reader brings to a reading, and the categories in which that reading itself is placed - the learned social and…

— Alberto Manguel

“One may have preferences, but why exclusions?”

— Madame du Chatelet

A library represents the mind of its collector, fancies and foibles, strengths and weaknesses, prejudices and preferences.

— William Osler

It's wrong for libraries to have limited budgets.

— Jo Walton

If the library's rarest frequenters are the ones we'd like to see in them the most, then libraries are failing.

— David Harsanyi

If every library is in some sense a reflection of its readers, it is also an image of that which we are not, and…

— Alberto Manguel

A great library is one nobody notices because it is always there, and always has what people need.

— Vicki Myron

Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through…

— Alberto Manguel

“Libraries are not, never will be, used by everyone.”

— Alberto Manguel

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]

— John F. Kennedy

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.

— John F. Kennedy

I would find the idea of compiling a setlist that doesn't wildly excite me to be too restricting.

— Anonymous