Contemporary fiction Quote by Stasia Ward Kehoe

“loved thick books, dusty statues, even the musty smell in the air. Libraries were treasure troves of knowledge and imagination.”

— Robert E. Keller

“In a few minutes I heard the books' voices: a low, steady, unsupressible hum. I'd heard it many times before. I've always had a…

— Martha Cooley

“The library sucked up sound like a vacuum. All of those thousands and thousands of unread books sucking up secrets for the last hundred…

— Michael Sears

“The moment I walk into a bookstore, I remember what I love about them. They are an oasis of intellectual calm. Perhaps it’s the…

— Michael Lopp

“It smelled like a library – the initial whiff of something bitter, followed by the scent lingering in every book there – dusty, sweet,…

— Kimberly Krey

“There are a lot of people like me, people who need books the way they need air.”

— Richard Marek

“PAPER TOWERS The library was on the second floor of the House, not far from my room. It had two floors—the first held the…

— Chloe Neill

“In college I retreated to the library. I have always loved libraries - the quiet, the smell, the expectation of imminent discovery. In the…

— Siri Hustvedt

“Isn't it what all librarians strive toward, at least in the movies and cliches? Silence, invisibility, nothing but a rambling cloud of old book…

— Rebecca Makkai

“The notebook smelled the way old books do, like dust and unrealized potential.”

— Alex Flinn

“I love books. I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to carry,…

— Nnedi Okorafor

“Most people enter a library and don’t hear a thing. Eerie silence. I stand between the shelves and hear ten thousand conversations occurring all…

— Charles Martin