“Library-denigrators, pay heed: suggesting that the Internet is a viable substitute for libraries is like saying porn could replace your wife.”

“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”

David Foster Wallace book Infinite Jest

“Your library is your portrait.”

Holbrook Jackson (1874–1948) British journalist

“Your library is your portrait.”

Linda Fairstein (1947) American writer

“It is like having a book out from the library.
It is like constantly having a book out from the library.”

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer

“All of the life-changing awesome
words and pictures and ideas
inside your library are useless
without just one word outside
your library: Open.”

Mo Willems (1968) American children's illustrator and writer

“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.”

Daniel Handler (1970) American novelist, children's writer, creator of Lemony Snicket

“A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.”

Stewart Brand (1938) American writer

“America, why are your libraries full of tears?”

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet

“Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.”

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist