Lailah Gifty AkitaI love to go the library to borrow books. But I also enjoyed buying books to create my sacred library.
About This Quote
In this quote, Martin Luther King Jr. is explaining the difference between using a library and creating your own sacred library. The library is a place where you go to borrow books. You do not own the books you borrow from the library. If you borrow a book from a library, you can have it for as long as you want, but if you buy a book for yourself, then that book is yours forever.
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