How are libraries and hospitals connected? March 9, 2007
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An anonymous quote says “A library is a hospital for the mind.”
Danger! Books ahead! March 7, 2007
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“A book gives you a sense of accomplishment, a sense of belonging to the world you just inhabited, a sense of possibility. Endless possibility. No wonder they frighten the hell out of some people. Books are powerful things. Within their ideas hide the keys to the future. Ban them at your own risk.”
Greg Moody, a critic on Denver TV-4, speaking about Banned Books Week
My favorite Virginia Woolf library quote February 21, 2007
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“Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.”
One of my favorite quotes January 13, 2007
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“When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.”
Marie de Sevigne
Great quote December 2, 2006
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Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: “Don’t join the book burners… Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book”.
Library quote for this week July 12, 2006
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| It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library…. that learning, books, education have glamour, that self-improvement has glamour, that hope has glamour. |
Book quote of the day June 13, 2006
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"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." — ancient Chinese proverb
Book quote of the day June 9, 2006
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." –Groucho Marx
