“Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends”

“…that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library…”

Aphra Behn (1640–1689) British playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer

“A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.”

Norman Cousins (1915–1990) American journalist

“A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation.”

Stephen Fry (1957) English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

“A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.”

Alan M. Dershowitz (1938) American lawyer, author

“A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.”

Germaine Greer (1939) Australian feminist author

“[T]he only place on earth where immortality is provided is in libraries. This is the collective memory of humanity.”

Temple Grandin (1947) USA-american doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist

“You'll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you'd go.”

Tony Kushner Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

“A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas — a place where history comes to life.”

Norman Cousins (1915–1990) American journalist