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Library Quotes by Michael Dirda
- Order and surprise: these are two intertwined elements that make for any great library or collection.
- The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks.
More Library Quotes
- Ji-li's deeply moving story should be on the shelf of every person's library. Her courage in the face of adversity and her… — Nien Cheng
- London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want,… — David Attenborough
- A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society… — Isaac Asimov
- The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. — Lynda Barry
- People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. — Saul Bellow
- If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library. — Tony Benn
- Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and… — Geraldine Brooks