Journalism Quote by Tom Rachman

“Libraries are the wardrobes of literature, whence men, properly informed may bring forth something for ornament, much for curiosity, and more for use.”

— William Dyer

“A serious bibliophile never lends his books. In fact he does not even read his books, for fear of wearing them out.”

— Gérard de Nerval

“the Alexandrian man, who is basically a librarian and copy editor and goes miserably blind from the dust of books and printing errors.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“As a general rule, librarians are a kick in the pants socially, often full of good humor, progressive, and, naturally, well read”

— Bill Hall

“He is a very senior member of faculty; has an added degree in Computer Science; a supposed scholar; addicted to Google and the Internet;…

— David N. Ofili

“I finally found my way to the Really Restricted Section, where they keep the kind of books most scholars aren't even supposed to know…

— Simon R. Green

“Every journalist has a novel inside him, which is an excellent place for it.”

— Russell Lynes

“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honourable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have books. A…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title and the…

— Robert Musil

“Let me note, finally, that most of the research for this book was done in the libraries of Harvard University, the size of whose…

— Alfie Kohn

“But how could she have forgotten who he was—a man who could lose himself in a single book, not to mention a world-class, open-stack…

— Robert Masello

“The porter spends his days in the Library keeping strict vigil over this catacomb of books, passing along between the shelves and yet never…

— W.N.P. Barbellion