Carpet Quote by Audrey Niffenegger

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

— Robert E. Keller

“The faint aroma of gum and calico that hangs about a library is as the fragrance of incense to me. I think the most…

— R K Narayan

It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.

— Elizabeth Kostova

“It smelled like a library – the initial whiff of something bitter, followed by the scent lingering in every book there – dusty, sweet,…

— Kimberly Krey

Cloisters, ancient libraries ... I was confusing learning with the smell of cold stone.

— Alan Bennett

I fall in love with any girl who smells of library paste.

— Anonymous

“Most people either love or hate old libraries. To some, a room like this--dim, high-ceilinged, dusty, smelling of old paper and crumbling leather--would be…

— Anonymous

The library was a little old shaby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the…

— Betty Smith

“There was the smell of old books, a smell that has a way of making all libraries seem the same. Some say that smell…

— Scott Douglas

I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is still my…

— Dawn Richard

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

library is a beautiful old thing

— Elizabeth Gilbert