1.
"Libraries are the thin
red line between civilisation and barbarism."—Neil Gaiman
2.
"The health of our
civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture
and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our
libraries."—Carl Sagan
3.
"What is more important in
a library than anything else-than everything else –is the fact that it
exists."—Archibald MacLeish
4.
"Libraries store the
energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and
inspire us to explore and achieve and contribute to improving our quality of
life. Libraries change lives for the better."—Sidney Sheldon
5.
"When you are growing up
there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church
, which belongs to God and the public library, which belongs to
you."—Keith Richards
6.
"The very existence of
libraries' affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future
of man."—T S Eliot
7.
"To ask why we need
libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is
about as sensible as asking if roadmaps are necessary now that there are so
very many roads."—Jon Bing
8.
"I have an unshaken
conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library
resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing
them."—Frankline D Roosevelt
9.
"Civilized nations build
libraries; lands that have lost their soul close them down."—Toby Forward
10.
"They should be taking
bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of
society are we building?"—Sara Sheridan
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."
- Lemony Snicket
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