Bookshelves stood against the four walls. They were shapely and well made, but were all second-hand; Hetty had picked them up on visits to Chesterbourne. She liked her shelves to have personality, as well as the books on them, and thought it would have been simpler to order shelves to be fitted around the room, or to buy those bookcases that grow with the growth of their library, she had stood firm against the amusement of Victor and the irritation of her aunt, and had the shelves she wanted. Stella Gibbons
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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Maya Angelou
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.
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Sidney Sheldon
Harry – I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library! ” And she sprinted away, up the stairs. does she understand?” said Harry distractedly, still looking around, trying to tell where the voice had come from.“ Loads more than I...
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J.k. Rowling
She'd absolutely adored the library_an entire building where anyone could take things they didn't own and feel no remorse about it.
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Ally Carter
A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.
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Daniel Handler
More Quotes By Stella Gibbons
One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favorite writers. It gave one a curious feeling it was like seeing a drunken stranger wrapped in one's dressing gown.
Dear, Missus, Mister - I beg you never to give thoughts to war, in no way, not to work for it, not by writing nor by reading about it nor by looking at the pictures nor on the television about it. Not in any way...
Mary, you know I hate parties. My idea of hell is a very large party in a cold room where everybody has to play hockey properly.
To tidy up takes time, and she wants all her time for wolfing books...
She liked to watch her father as he read, and to listen to the smoothly rolling tones; she felt no curiosity about what the words meant. It was only Shakespeare and she was used to him.
