Library Quotes

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Boys like him didn't die; they got bronzed and installed outside public libraries. — Maggie Stiefvater
The library is like a candy store where everything is free. — Jamie Ford
I always get lost in the library,' he said, 'no matter how many times I go. In fact, I think I get lost there more,… — Rainbow Rowell
...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her. — Louisa May Alcott
Sydney had been horrified to discover my home library consisted of a bartending dictionary and an old copy of Esquire, and at her pleading, I'd… — Richelle Mead
With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer. — Daniel Handler
Somebody insults you and you feel anger. Don't miss this opportunity; try to understand why, why this anger. And don't make it a philosophical thing.… — Rajneesh
The problem with life is, by the time you can read women like a book, your library card has expired. — Milton Berle
In a recent fire Bob Dole's library burned down. Both books were lost. And he hadn't even finished coloring one of them. — Jack Kemp
I am a public library — Tony Benn
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as… — Alan Ayckbourn
Those moments when you feel you want to read something truly beautiful. The eyes make a tour of the library, and there is nothing. Then… — Jules Renard
Some cleric putting a match to her. /Neither of them looks happy about it. /Once lit, she'll burn like a book, /like a book that… — Margaret Atwood
But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the library. Who shall estimate their influence on our population where… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks. — Michael Dirda
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for… — John F. Kennedy
The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept. And the library… — William E. Gladstone
You wasted $150,000 on an education you could have got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library. — Ben Affleck
I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the topic - an… — Bruce Feiler
An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository. — Marian Seldes

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