Quote by Josh Hanagarne

“Libraries are not, never will be, used by everyone.”

— Alberto Manguel

“Libraries are not, or at least should not be, engines of productivity. If anything, they should slow people down and seduce them with the…

— Barbara Fister

“For a child a library needs to be round the corner. And if we lose local libraries it is children who will suffer.”

— Alan Bennett

“Libraries are very special spaces, spaces where people come together in separate but joint pursuits of knowledge, of learning. Libraries are the heartbeats of…

— Alan Bennett

“Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”

— Augustine Birrell

“A good library contains something in it to offend everyone.”

— Jo Goodwin

“Nothing is more important than an unread library.”

— John Waters

“Libraries are innately subversive institutions, born of the radical notion that every member of society deserves free, high-quality access to knowledge and culture.”

— Matt Finch

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

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

“The great unsold truth of libraries is that people need them not because they’re about study and solitude, but because they’re about connection. Connection…

— Bella Bathurst

“No community is easier to govern than one that rejects the very concept of community.”

— Stephen King

“She did not need a library; she was a library.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert