Celestial Quote by Jasper Fforde

(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section) I personally find that for domestic…

— Nick Hornby

The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no…

— John Redwood

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

“Knowledge equals power... The string was important. After a while the Librarian stopped. He concentrated all his powers of librarianship. Power equals energy... People…

— Terry Pratchett

“I walked around the library and the library smelled like every library I had ever been in and Dewey decimals were on all the…

— Catherine Lacey

“Don't mark up the Library's copy, you fool! Librarians are Unprankable. They'll track you down! They have skills!”

— Charles Ogden

The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

— Elizabeth Taylor

“People become librarians because they know too much. Their knowledge extends beyond mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. They bring order to…

— Erica Olsen

“Librarians are serious people, seldom given to jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of…

— Lynn Austin

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

— Mensah Oteh

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

It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without…

— Jarrett J. Krosoczka