...it's appalling to remember that the entire Oxford University Library was sold for scrap in the mid-1500s. Nor was that situation unique to Oxford, as libraries were deconstructed throughout the land.
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.
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Lemony Snicket
When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
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Rita Mae Brown
I ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure.
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Virginia Woolf
I read, ' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on...
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David Foster Wallace
There's this magical place, ' he says with mock solemnity, 'called a library-- I don't know if you've heard of it, but they have books, and also newspaper, and back issues of newspapers...
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Anonymous
More Quotes By Owen Gingerich
Quite possibly, the purpose of the universe is to provide a congenial home for self-conscious creatures who can ask profound questions and who can probe the nature of the universe itself.
...it's appalling to remember that the entire Oxford University Library was sold for scrap in the mid-1500s. Nor was that situation unique to Oxford, as libraries were deconstructed throughout the land.
