Book Quote by Virginia Woolf

I ransack public libraries & find them full of sunk treasure.

— Virginia Woolf

What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship.

— Matthew Lesko

Access to public libraries also affects how much children read.

— Stephen D. Krashen

If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are…

— David McCullough

We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have engaged in…

— Garrison Keillor

Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not…

— Katherine Paterson

The reflections and histories of men and women throughout the world are contained in books… America's greatness is not only recorded in books, but…

— Terence Cooke

I think the public library system is one of the most amazing American institutions. Free for everybody. If you ever get the blues about…

— David McCullough

Public libraries are the last vestige of public free space.

— Joshua Prince-Ramus

Health information is just about the number one thing that people go into public libraries and connect to public libraries for. They're also looking…

— Carla Hayden

In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks.

— Henry Rollins

Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized…

— James A. Michener