Accurate Quote by Samuel Johnson

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

— Samuel Johnson

For those without money, the road to the treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library.

— Pete Hamill

“Libraries, whether my own or shared with a greater reading public, have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as…

— Alberto Manguel

In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession.

— John Bright

“No possession can surpass, or even equal a good library, to the lover of books. Here are treasured up for his daily use and…

— Anonymous

I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place in my…

— Marion Dane Bauer

“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.”

— Gail Honeyman

Libraries are magical places. There's nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves. Each spine, each title,…

— John Jakes

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man

— Anonymous

There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few…

— Terry Pratchett

The library will endure; it is the universe... We walk the corridors, searching the shelves and rearranging them, looking for lines of meaning amid…

— James Gleick

“Libraries are sanctuaries from the world and command centers onto it: here in the quiet rooms are the lives of Crazy Horse and Aung…

— Rebecca Solnit