Community Quote by Karin Slaughter

The point of a library's existence is not persuasion or evangelism, but knowledge. It is irrelevant to the good library whether, as an institution,…

— Robert Hughes

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 have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents and children…

— Barack Obama

Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and read books…

— Courtney Milan

Libraries are fun, educational, and the biggest bargain on the face of the earth.

— Madeleine Albright

It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries…

— Paula Poundstone

“A library is more than a brick and mortar building filled with delicious books. It is also a community of people who live to…

— ALA

As convenient as it is for information to come to us, libraries do have a valuable side effect: they force all of the smart…

— Neal Stephenson

A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it.

— Neil Gaiman

Libraries serve the information needs of all of the people in the community — not just the loudest, not just the most powerful, not…

— Judith Krug

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

— Tamora Pierce

Libraries are where most of us really fall in love with books, where we can browse and choose on our own. Its really one…

— Kim Boykin