“A man's library is a sort of harem.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem.”
John Braine
“It's a great place to parade as well as graze. He can keep an eye on his harem, and he can see other elk coming.”
Glenn Plum
“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose”
George Carlin
“With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.”
Doris Lessing
“A library implies an act of faith”
Victor Hugo
“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”
Henry Ward Beecher
