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Libraries Quotes (page 17)

J. K. Rowling quote: "Because that's what Hermione does,' said Ron, shrugging. 'When..."
Because that's what Hermione does,' said Ron, shrugging. 'When in doubt, go to the library. J. K. Rowling
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you..."
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."(Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil.) Marcus Tullius Cicero
The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence. Augustine Birrell
You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world. Ray Bradbury
Stephen King quote: "Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the..."
Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us. Stephen King
Steven Moffat quote: "You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons..."
You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world! Steven Moffat
Mary Gordon quote: "All the Jane Austen in the library cannot wash the Queens from..."
All the Jane Austen in the library cannot wash the Queens from this little hand. Mary Gordon
Jean-Paul Sartre quote: "I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me..."
I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple. Jean-Paul Sartre
When you open a book,” the sentimental library posters said, “anything can happen.” This was so. A book of fiction was a bomb. It was a land mine you wanted to go off. You wanted it to blow your whole day. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of books were duds. They had been rusting out of everyone’s way for so long that they no longer worked. There was no way to distinguish the duds from the live mines except to throw yourself at them headlong, one by one. Annie Dillard
My dear," replied her husband, "I have two small favours to request. First, that you will allow me the free use of my understanding on the present occasion; and secondly, of my room. I shall be glad to have the library to myself as soon as may be. Jane Austen
Bell Hooks quote: "One of the most subversive institutions in the United States ..."
One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.. Bell Hooks
Walter Savage Landor quote: "Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library."
Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library. Walter Savage Landor
A house on the park. He'd seen it a million times. And now was in it. It smelled of man sweat and spaghetti sauce and old books. Like a library where sweaty men went to cook spaghetti. George Saunders
Ken Jennings quote: "I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even..."
I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users. Ken Jennings
The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder?"Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order?"Lock up your libraries if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind Virginia Woolf

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