“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…”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”