Library Quotes

1426 Library quotes by 907 unique authors

But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in existence. — Alberto Manguel
In the dark, with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering, the library is a closed space, a universe of self-serving rules that… — Alberto Manguel
During the day, the library is a realm of order. — Alberto Manguel
If the library in the morning suggests an echo of the severe and reasonable wishful order of the world, the library at night seems to… — Alberto Manguel
At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices. — Alberto Manguel
I like to imagine that, on the day after my last, my library and I will crumble together, so that even when I am no… — Alberto Manguel
Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through its… — Alberto Manguel
A library is an ever-growing entity; it multiples seemingly unaided, it reproduces itself by purchase, theft, borrowings, gifts, by suggesting gaps through association, by demanding… — Alberto Manguel
In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long. — Alberto Manguel
If every library is in some sense a reflection of its readers, it is also an image of that which we are not, and cannot… — Alberto Manguel
It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at least as a ghostly presence) to a… — Alberto Manguel
Digestion of words as well; I often read aloud to myself in my writing corner in the library, where no one can hear me, for… — Alberto Manguel
Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence. — Alberto Manguel
We can imagine the books we'd like to read, even if they have not yet been written, and we can imagine libraries full of books… — Alberto Manguel
It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious completely unrelated to the rest… — Anne Fadiman
Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the… — Isaac Asimov
It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home. — Elizabeth Kostova
If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds. — David McCullough
There is something almost sacred about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, and the pondering of men and… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. — William Shakespeare
If I have to spend time in purgatory before going to one place or the other, I guess I'll be all right as long as… — Stephen King
I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these." - Mr. Darcy — Jane Austen
She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of… — Maud Hart Lovelace
Our homes do not have to offer us permanent occupancy or store our clothes to merit the name. To speak of home in relation to… — Alain de Botton
[D]on't ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your… — Neil Gaiman

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