Future Quote by David Mitchell

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for…

— Ben Sasse

“The library is the worst group of people ever assembled in history. They're mean, conniving, rude, and extremely well-read, which makes them dangerous.”

— Anonymous

“Libraries are not, or at least should not be, engines of productivity. If anything, they should slow people down and seduce them with the…

— Barbara Fister

“My library was -- all libraries are -- a place of ultimate refuge, a wild and sacred space where meanings are manageable precisely because…

— André Brink

“Libraries, have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I can remember I’ve been seduced by their labyrinthine logic.”…

— Alberto Manguel

“...library terror - that feeling of being hopelessly overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of available books...”

— Owen Barfield

“The library was one of the few places approved by my mother. I must have read almost every book in that place, living a…

— Skye Warren

“...any library, by its very existence, conjures up its forbidden or forgotten double: an invisible but formidable library of the books that, for conventional…

— Alberto Manguel

“Having a nice library doesn’t make you smart. Don’t buy books and stack them up in your library; read them.”

— Mensah Oteh

“Libraries are not, never will be, used by everyone.”

— Alberto Manguel

“If we didn't already have libraries, they would now have to be invented. They are the keys to American success in fully exploiting the…

— James Billington

“Libraries make strange bedfellows”

— Phyllis Rose