Every day Quote by Elizabeth McCracken

“but a library is a gorgeous language that you will never speak fluently.”

— Elizabeth McCracken

“A library is not only a place of both order and chaos; it is also the realm of chance. Books, even after they have…

— Alberto Manguel

During the day, the library is a realm of order.

— Alberto Manguel

Ordering is very important with essays, even if a reader doesn't read the essays or the poems in order through the book...

— Pattiann Rogers

“All libraries must submit to a certain order, I answered. Indeed, agreed the professor, or all will be lost. The fall of nations and…

— Rawi Hage

“I venture to suggest this solution to the ancient problem: The Library is unlimited and cyclical. If an eternal traveler were to cross it…

— José Borges

A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our…

— Adriana Trigiani

Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through…

— Alberto Manguel

“One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries. A half-remembered line is echoed by another for reasons which, in…

— Alberto Manguel

“Prose: words in their best order; poetry: the best words in the best order.”

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The library serves as a gathering place for friends who share the love of books. It further serves as a resource for those who…

— Kristen Ashley

Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand.

— Rudolf Arnheim