Book Quote by Elizabeth Taylor

Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.

— Cecil B. DeMille

A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.

— Doris Lessing

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

— Kevin Barry

Seeing one's books on the shelf tells you so much about the way somebody has, over the years, put together their private library, which…

— Jeanette Winterson

There is something about libraries, old libraries, that makes them seem almost sacred. There's a smell of paper and must and binding stuff. It's…

— Carrie Jones

“That the public library is a part of the educational system should never be lost sight of in the work of establishing it, or…

— John Cotton Dana

A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.

— Tamora Pierce

A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute…

— Doris Lessing

A library is many things, but particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people,…

— E. B. White

Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on…

— Paul Auster

Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.

— Diane Ackerman

No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns…

— Karin Slaughter