Belief Quote by Anne Fadiman

“It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious corpus of volumes whose…

— Anne Fadiman

“A personal library is an X-ray of the owner’s soul. It offers keys to a particular temperament, an intellectual disposition, a way of being…

— Jay Parini

“A library after closing is a lonely place. It is heart-poundingly silent, and the rows of shelves create an almost unfathomable number of dark…

— Vicki Myron

In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.

— Alberto Manguel

“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

Seeing one's books on the shelf tells you so much about the way somebody has, over the years, put together their private library, which…

— Jeanette Winterson

Libraries are magical places. There's nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves. Each spine, each title,…

— John Jakes

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and…

— Anonymous

It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without…

— Jarrett J. Krosoczka

“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

I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, 'Look, here is some free information…

— Chuck Klosterman

“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man's possessions. A library is not a luxury. It is one…

— Henry Ward Beecher