Authority Quote by Alberto Manguel

I cannot overstate the power of libraries in my life.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Libraries are innately subversive institutions, born of the radical notion that every member of society deserves free, high-quality access to knowledge and culture.”

— Matt Finch

Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those…

— Louis L'Amour

“Libraries are not, or at least should not be, engines of productivity. If anything, they should slow people down and seduce them with the…

— Barbara Fister

“If we didn't already have libraries, they would now have to be invented. They are the keys to American success in fully exploiting the…

— James Billington

Libraries are not made, they grow.

— Augustine Birrell

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

— Alberto Manguel

As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.

— Jill Abramson

The point of a library's existence is not persuasion or evangelism, but knowledge. It is irrelevant to the good library whether, as an institution,…

— Robert Hughes

No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns…

— Karin Slaughter

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.

— Joan Bauer

Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on…

— Paul Auster