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We love a good quote about libraries. 

Below are some from famous authors, poets and actors - and regular folks like us - who love libraries.  They represent just a fraction of people who love libraries – who feel they belong at the library. 

submit a storyAre you one of those people?  Do you have a story about how much you love your library or what it means to you or your family? 

 

 

Great books help you understand and they help you to feel understood. John Green
Best 8 words spoken by a 10 year old? Mom, will you take me to the library? Yep
My librarian is more than a typical librarian. She is a mother away from home.
What in the world would we do without our libraries? Katharine Hepburn
I think the health of our civilization can all be tested by how well we support
“I don't think that there has been a film that I have done that hasn't been infl
I had always imagined paradise as a kind of library, Jorge Luis Borges.
Every time I get to work with librarians,I'm impressed by their sheer awesomenes
...throw my arms around every living librarian on behalf of the souls they
Without librarians, I wouldn't be an author today. Brad Meltzer
I cannot overstate the power of libraries in my life. Elizabeth Gilbert, wri
Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.
I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library 3 days a week for 10 years.
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people.