476 Quotes About Libraries

The library is like a candy store where everything is free.

To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books.

Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted.

The library possessed a life of its own, had become greater than Cornelius had ever intended. For these were not ordinary books the libraries kept. They were knowledge, given life. Wisdom, given voice. They sang when starlight streamed through the library's windows. They felt pain and suffered heartbreak. Sometimes they were sinister, grotesque- but so was the world outside. And that made the world no less worth fighting for, because wherever there was darkness, there was also so much light.

The room is warm and smells like dust, and just the presence of so many books makes it easier to breathe. It’s remarkable how being around books, even those you’ve never read, can have a calming effect, like walking into a crowded party and finding it full of people you know.

anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.

Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.

Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim; it depends on if the conquering army likes to read.

Papa thought that any book worth reading twice was worth owning. So instead of buying desserts, we bought books.