I mean, public libraries like this one were always short of money, so building even the tiniest of labyrinths had to be beyond their means.
A school library is like the Bat Cave: it's a safe fortress in a chaotic world, a source of knowledge and the lair of a superhero. True, the superhero is more likely to be wearing a cardigan than a ba...
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Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.
The library in 2020 will be ruled by geeks. In my happy vision for the future, libraries are ruled by benign geek librarian overlords and the world is full of awesome.
[W]hat people truly desire is access to the knowledge and information that ultimately lead to a better life--the collected wisdom of the ages found only in one place: a well-stocked library.To the tea...
A library is a sacred place where the voices of the ancients can still be heard if we but give them the required silence.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian.
Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries, no progress.
The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage lib...
Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim it depends on if the conquering army likes to read.
In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks.
What is more important to a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it ex
A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.
The only way to make a library safe is to lock people out of it. As long as they are allowed to read the books 'any old time they have a mind to,' libraries will remain the nurseries of heresy and ind...
The Leningrad Public Library remained open throughout the siege and became a place for people to congregate. People came to the library to read, even when weak from cold and exhaustion . . . Some died...
There's so much proscription in the lives of young people, and it's so vital to have a place that says, look, here are the doors onto the world and amazingly, you're free to choose any one you like. -...
When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.
Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.
I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the en...