A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.

You don't spend your life hanging around books without learning a thing or two.

With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.

The world is full of disappointment," I said."Yes," she said, "I heard him say that. And every creature is simply trying to get what it wants, and to make their way through a difficult world. Do you believe that?""No," I said. "There's more than that.""Like what?""Like good books," I said, "and good people. And good librarians, who are almost both at once.

... el mar, del que alguien ha dicho que no es otra cosa que una biblioteca de todas las lágrimas de la historia.