Quotes About Library

I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.

Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.

My father gave me free run of his library. When I think of my boyhood, I think in terms of the books I read.

The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.

His head reminded one of an ancient castle keep, with its unmanned battlements still preserved but its interior transformed into a library.

Il piacere della lettura rischiai di perderlo per eccesso di analisi, in fin dei conti è questo che nelle università si fa con i libri: li si analizza. Quindi abbandonai i corsi e approfittai degli appunti e della magnifica biblioteca per dedicarmi, anima e corpo, coricata sull'unico divano di casa nostra, alla lettura, Il Cile stava crollando mentre io flirtavo con il bel Mr. Darcy o spalancavo le porte alla dimora di Brideshead.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Once I've mastered the art of pretending that I don't care what other kids think of me, I start to pay attention in class, discovering that I love library research for history term papers about ancient lands. It feels like a form of time travel.

They found the library sadly lacking in texts they could use.

Yes, I'm a reader. Kill me. I could tell you I was raised in the library and the books were my only friends, but I didn't do that, did I? Because I have mercy. I'm neither a genius nor a kid destined to become a wizard. I'm just me. I read stuff. Books are not my only friends, but we're friendly. So there.

And I know that's trite. Yes, I'm a reader. Kill me. I could tell you I was raised in the library and the books were my only friends, but I didn't do that, did I? Because I have mercy. I'm neither a genius nor a kid destined to become a wizard. I'm just me. I read stuff. Books are not my only friends, but we're friendly. So there.

But I know, at least, that you would keep a library on the subject, and I hoped that I might be allowed to read from it." He regarded me with a bemused expression. "You want me for my library.

A husband willing to fund a library for his bookish wife is not so easy to obtain; most would see it as a pointless expense. You might, however, find one willing to share his library.

Of course. Ask your librarian. Always the right answer.

one of the Riot Librarrrians wrote, "[...] the library remains one of the few spaces in our lives where information is not a commodity…There's a subversive element to librarianship that I adore.

If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and hold the pen.

To a book collector, you see, the true freedom of all books is somewhere on his shelves.

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...

OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything.

An encyclopedia is a system for collecting dust in alphabetical order.