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

“A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting peacefully.”

“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.”

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

“Your library is your portrait.”

“Your library is your portrait.”

“Nagiko, I am waiting for you. Meet me at the library. Any library. Every library. Yours, Jerome.”

“Don't just learn from God's Word, but believe it will change your life.”

“[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor.”

“… the air a library and the record of every life lived, every sentence spoken, every word transmitted still reverberating within it.”