Air Quote by Elizabeth von Arnim

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

— Michael Caine

I spent many hours ensconced in the local library, reading - nay, devouring - book after book after book. Books were my soul's delight.

— Nikki Grimes

A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting…

— Haruki Murakami

“In college I retreated to the library. I have always loved libraries - the quiet, the smell, the expectation of imminent discovery. In the…

— Siri Hustvedt

books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement.

— Louisa May Alcott

“For the last year and a half this room had been my 'pensive citadel:' here I had read and studied through all the hours…

— Thomas de Quincey

“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

Leaving behind the babble of the plaza, I enter the Library. I feel, almost physically, the gravitation of the books, the enveloping serenity of…

— Jorge Luis Borges

To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me.

— Jonathan Taylor Thomas

“Books have always been my escape - where I go to bury my nose, hone my senses, or play the emotional tourist in a…

— Jodie Foster

I'm building my own little library, embedded in my heart, for all the moments spent with you, before you had to part. I can…

— Anonymous

I spent my life in the library reading books.

— Michael Caine