The weight of absence is as much a feature of any library as the constriction of order and space.
Alberto ManguelUltimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted.
Alberto ManguelTags: libraries books bookshelves tsundoku
Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.
William ShakespeareA great library doesn't have to be big or beautiful. It doesn't have to have the best facilities or the most efficient staff or the most users. A great library provides. It is enmeshed in the life of a community in a way that makes it indispensable. A great library is one nobody notices because it is always there, and always has what people need.
Vicki MyronTags: libraries
[D]on't ever apologise to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologise to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read...
Neil GaimanTags: libraries reading books library
Dulcie always found a public library a little upsetting, for one saw so many odd people there.
Barbara PymTags: libraries
I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.
Roger ZelaznyTags: words libraries books security libraries-shadows
What in the world would we do without our libraries?
Katharine HepburnNothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.
Walter Savage LandorTags: libraries pleasure explore library
There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the two, I headed to the ones labeled STACKS. That was what I wanted. Stacks of books. Great heaps of books. Shelf after endless shelf of books.
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