Bookstores Quote by Amy Halloran

“Perhaps the various burnings of the Alexandria Library were necessary, like those Australian Forest Fires without which the new seeds cannot burst their shells…

— William Golding

“The Library of Alexandria?" I ask. "Didn't that burn down?" Mrs Philipoulus scoffs. "Damn fool Hypatia. Athena tried to convince her to install a…

— Tera Lynn Childs

“loved thick books, dusty statues, even the musty smell in the air. Libraries were treasure troves of knowledge and imagination.”

— Robert E. Keller

“All was not lost when the Library at Alexandria was burned”

— Mark Wallace Maguire

“The library was full of wizards, who care about their books in the same way that ants care about their eggs and in time…

— Terry Pratchett

“A few books well chosen, and well made use of will be more profitable than a great confused Alexandrian library.”

— Thomas Fuller

“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

“I suspect that the real attraction was a large library of fine books, which was left to dust and spiders since Uncle March died.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“Library? That sounded reasonable. As my thoughts revolved around my days surrounded by books, something miraculous happened. My anger subsided. It ebbed away as…

— Rebecca Maizel

“The library was one of the few places approved by my mother. I must have read almost every book in that place, living a…

— Skye Warren

“Again, I don't fully understand my emotion response to the library or trust it. It was the site of a series of intellectual revelations…

— Siri Hustvedt

“In college I retreated to the library. I have always loved libraries - the quiet, the smell, the expectation of imminent discovery. In the…

— Siri Hustvedt