#libra

One can never had too many librarian friends. ↗

— Jennifer Chiaverini

#librarians #friendship

We need to bridge the gap between the medical libraries and the hospital rooms; take the information out there already, add to it, focus it, harness it - and bring it to the patient who was just diagnosed today. ↗

— Bruce Vento

#already #between #bridge #bring #diagnosed

One of the nastier trends in library management in recent years is the notion that libraries should be 'responsive to their patrons'. ↗

— Connie Willis

#libraries #humor

Why can't I just Google it like everything else?! I hate you public library system! ↗

— Vera Brosgol

#library #teen #humor

THOMASINA: But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a fine for all that is overdue! ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#humor #libraries #thomasina #humor

Oh, wow." "What do you think?" "I tried to imagine, but--I mean...it's so much more--" "Think it's large enough to keep you satisfied for a while?" "It's so much bigger than I expected" He backed away, leaving Beatrice to gaze in wonder at the library that took up half of the second floor. "I think I'll just leave you two alone for a bit," he said with a chuckle. ↗

— Elizabeth Hunter

#giovanni #library #sexual-innuendo #imagination

I like to imagine that library school was started because of some sort of silly bar bet where a guy got really plastered and told his buddy that he could convince people that librarians needed to be trained in the art of librarianship. Sadly, this is not the case; its roots are a bit more academic. ↗

— Scott Douglas

#library #library-books #quiet-please #art

Some people write letters, in the library. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#library #imagination

I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#intelligence

Have you really read all those books in your room?” Alaska laughing- “Oh God no. I’ve maybe read a third of ‘em. But I’m going to read them all. I call it my Life’s Library. Every summer since I was little, I’ve gone to garage sales and bought all the books that looked interesting. So I always have something to read. ↗

— John Green

#library #reading #life