“A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet.”
“Her library is a meeting place for all who love books. They discuss matters of the world and matters of the spirit.”
“The public library is where place and possibility meet.”
“Those in whom the Spirit comes to live are God's new Temple. They are, individually and corporately, places where heaven and earth meet.”
“As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at Giza, the nation's capitol, the czar's Winter Palace, and the Louvre — except, of course, that is better than all those inconsequential places”
“Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends”