“Without the library, you have no civilization.”

“Oh God, without them [libraries], what have we? We have no past and we have no future.”

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit.

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

“What in the world would we do without our libraries?”

“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”

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

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

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

“To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books.”