
“Nagiko, I am waiting for you. Meet me at the library. Any library. Every library. Yours, Jerome.”
Jerome's suicide note
The Pillow Book
“Nagiko, I am waiting for you. Meet me at the library. Any library. Every library. Yours, Jerome.”
Jerome's suicide note
The Pillow Book
“Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.”
Source: Pericles and Aspasia
“Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.”
Drum Taps
“It seems to me that the dedication of a library is in itself an act of faith.”
Remarks at the Dedication of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, New York, United States of America (June 30, 1941). Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20120531110501/http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/php63041.html from the original http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/php63041.html on January 30, 2021.
1940s
“Believe me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all.”
Source: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work