"I have learned by one journey how many things we have that are superfluous, and how easily they might be spared ... my mattress lies upon the ground ... our diet answerable to our lodging ... [but] never without our figs and our table-books." ― Seneca
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” ― Mark Twain
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” ― Walter Cronkite
“I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.” ― Ray Bradbury
“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.” ― Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a time machine that will take you to the far past and the far future, a teacher that knows more than any human being, a friend that will amuse you and console you -- and most of all, a gateway, to a better and happier and more useful life." ― Isaac Asimov
