Companion Quote by Richard Baxter

“In a great library, you get into society in the widest sense. . . . From that great crowd you can choose what companions…

— Somerset Maughn

Libraries shelter the spirit, provide food for the mind, and answer the questions raised by the problems of life. They have been the home…

— Roberta Gellis

“Note found in the patron suggestion box: "You have SIGNS up near the computers that say BE QUIET, but people don't be quiet. They…

— Gina Sheridan

What sweet delight a quiet life affords.

— William Drummond

“A life sustained by quietude and the energies of tolerance, kindness, courtesy, and acceptance. In a blustery world, it's courageous to move quietly, claiming…

— William Norwich

“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 matter how wild the winds or rough the seas of life, libraries stand ready, beaming their reliable lights, guiding us toward knowledge, pleasure,…

— Nancy Thayer

“Depriving our communities of libraries will deprive our society of its ability to survive. - Neil Gaiman”

— Kyle Cassidy

I think libraries give the feeling that people are there to work. It's a little bit like an artist's colony in the sense that…

— Stephen McCauley

“A silent Library is a sad Library. A Library without patrons on whom to pile books and tales and knowing and magazines full of…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“We have an obligation to support libraries. To use libraries, to encourage others to use libraries, to protest the closure of libraries. If you…

— Neil Gaiman

To those with ears to hear, libraries are really very noisy places. On their shelves we hear the captured voices of the centuries-old conversation…

— Timothy Healy