“If you want to damage a culture - attack it's libraries. Libraries can be as strong as a tree, but they're as fragile as a flower.”
“Libraries, museums, and schools are fragile institutions.”
“Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends”
“Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.”
“Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected to the larger culture is a reflection of the degree to which the community itself is connected to the larger culture.”
“A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.”