Archivists Quote by Antony Beevor

“I had spent a great deal of time in the library, getting lost in the worlds created in books while avoiding the world I…

— Annette K. Larsen

“Isn't it what all librarians strive toward, at least in the movies and cliches? Silence, invisibility, nothing but a rambling cloud of old book…

— Rebecca Makkai

“Something about the beauty of the library and how many books there were made me feel really eager to read, and I couldn't wait…

— Francine Prose

“Time spent reading a book, even a bad one, is never wasted.”

— Stewart Stafford

“I imagined a book that was both written and curated. I wanted readers to see my research, to explore the archival mix, connect with…

— Alexis Coe

“Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably underestimated and largely underemployed.”

— Charles Medawar

“some quality time with a good book. Trying to”

— Susan Mallery

“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

“I’d rather be an unknown book in the library of time, than a bestseller in the store of mankind.”

— Stephan Attia

“One of the great advantages of having a library,your eminence, is that it is full of books.”

— Michael Hirst

“Librarians are serious people, seldom given to jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of…

— Lynn Austin

“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