Book Quote by Christopher Morley

“My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted…

— Rita Dove

These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important.

— Brian P. Cleary

Why by a book when you can join a library.

— Ricky Gervais

Why buy a book when you can join a library?

— Ricky Gervais

“There are books that I own that somehow even without reading them they mean something to me. So I think people have a relationship…

— Rem Koolhaas

I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.

— Sara Sheridan

What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read?

— Ray Bradbury

It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without…

— Jarrett J. Krosoczka

If all you leave in the library is books that you think speak to everyone, what are you going to have? You'd have nothing.

— Judy Blume

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence.

— Jan Morris

After all, it's the librarian's sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader.

— Kate Morton