Gail Carson Levine Quotes

A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go if you want to sit and think. But particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books. If you want to find out about something, the information is in the reference books---the dictionaries, the encyclopedias, the atlases. If you like to be told a story, the library is the place to go.

Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore.

A library is many things, but particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books... Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had.

When in doubt, go to the library.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Without the library, I would have been lost.

My library is an archive of longings.

A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.

Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.

To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please.

The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder.

You have to bring books to explain your work.

To start with, look at all the books.

I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.

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.

Libraries...house our dreams.

We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full of all those stories and secrets.

Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.

The library is the temple of learning.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

The library is a place of mental diversion, learning, and comfort for anyone who has an intellect. I know of no librarian who when asked for food for the mind will offer a stone. What more could anyone ask?

Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.

How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering.

A library is thought in cold storage.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.