Holy places Quote by Jane Langton

“While it is true that outside the library I have lived a life of wickedness, inside it I've always been as devoted to knowledge…

— Andrew Davidson

“Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are…

— Francis Bacon

“Libraries are like houses of worship: Whether or not you use them yourself, it's important to know that they are there. In many ways…

— Jane Stanton Hitchcock

“I love libraries. I love books. There is something sacred, I think, about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom,…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Libraries can take the place of God.

— Umberto Eco

“God is a librarian”

— Sarah Smith

“A library is a sacred place where the voices of the ancients can still be heard if we but give them the required silence.”

— James Rozoff

“A library was nothing without its people. You say library and there’s this iconoclastic image of an old-lady librarian telling people to be quiet…

— Scott Douglas

“My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life…

— Anne Lamott

“A library: Where we can shhhh people without offense.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

“Librarians were somewhat on a par with God-who else could be bothered with, and better yet, know the answers to so many different types…

— Jodi Picoult

The library is not a shrine for the worship of books. It is not a temple where literary incense must be burned or where…

— Norman Cousins