“On Wednesday, during what the American Library Association has deemed Banned Books Week, more than a dozen best-selling authors, including Michael Connelly, Judy Blume and Nikki Grimes, said they are uniting to take a stand against censorship in the state's schools and libraries.”— Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, npr.org
“Could say that was long overdue. Get it, 'cause we're in a...library.”— Gary Dauberman, Richie Tozier, Bill Hader, imdb.com
“A library is like an island in a vast sea of ignorance.”— Daniel Handler, Justice Strauss, Joan Cusack, imdb.com
“In every library, there is a single book to answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind.”— Daniel Handler, Olivia Caliban, Sara Rue, imdb.com
“Aesthetics in literature are important, but literature as aesthetics makes me nervous. When did a candle-topped pyramid of paperbacks become a symbol of depth?”— Sloane Crosley, nytimes.com
“Mary: Okay let's look at the facts as we know them. Fact: He said he was going to the library. Lucy: Fact: He never goes to the library. Mary: Fact: He stayed out all night long. Lucy: Fact: He was probably with a girl. Mary: Ok... that's not a fact but it's a safe guess; let's just assume. Assumpti…”— Brenda Hampton, Mary Camden, Jessica Biel, imdb.com
“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“If you feel…that well-read people are less likely to be evil, and a world full of people sitting quietly with good books in their hands is preferable to world filled with schisms and sirens and other noisy and troublesome things, then every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, 'The wo…”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“A deserted library in the morning—there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting quietly.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!”— Louis Marks, Russell T Davies, The Doctor, David Tennant, imdb.com
“Books are like seeds: they come to life when you read them & grow spines & leaves. I need trees around me as I need books around me, so building bookshelves is something like planting trees.”— Roger Deakin, amazon.com
“Libraries are time-machines. Libraries are wildwoods. Libraries are galaxies. Libraries are magic portals into learning & dreaming. Libraries are vital for social mobility.”— Robert Macfarlane, twitter.com
“What’s the tallest building in the world? The library, ’cause it has the most stories.”— Unknown, tcat.tc
“Temple, who was driving, suddenly faltered and wept. “I’ve read that libraries are where immortality lies. . . . I don’t want my thoughts to die with me. . . . I want to have done something. . . . I’m not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a posi…”— Oliver Sacks, amazon.com
“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.”— Lady Bird Johnson, thoughtco.com
“The only place on earth where immortality is provided is in libraries. This is the collective memory of humanity.”— Temple Grandin, amazon.com
“Their house had real hard-cover books in it, and you often saw them lying open on the sofa, the words still warm from being read.”— David Sedaris, amazon.com
“They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times,…”— E. B. White, lettersofnote.com