quotations about libraries
I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
The Words
Libraries were full of ideas--perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.
SARAH J. MAAS
Throne of Glass
I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.
ROGER ZELAZNY
Nine Princes of Amber
I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.
SANDRA CISNEROS
attributed, The Librarian's Book of Quotes
I wanted a library like this ... a cave of words that I'd made myself.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER
Forever