#libra

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #libra




But the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library was still a place of wonders to Tess, even if the book budget had been slashed and the hours cut. Her parents had made a lot of mistakes, a fact Tess compulsively shared on first dates, but she gave them credit for doing one thing right: Starting when she was eight, they gave her a library card and dropped her off at the downtown Pratt every Saturday while they shopped. Twenty-one years later, Tess still entered through the children's entrance on the side, pausing to toss a penny in the algae-coated fish pond, then climbing the stairs to the main hall. If she could be married here, she would.


Laura Lippman


#dating

That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.


Aphra Behn


#reading #faith

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...


Dwight D. Eisenhower


#censorship #freedom #libraries #reading #thought

I'm a librarian in town,' she began. 'You sure about that?' The words popped out before he could stop them. Annabelle raised her eyebrows. 'Fairly. It's my job and so far no one has told me to go away when I show up for work.' smooth, Stryker, he thought, very smooth. 'I was expecting someone wearing glasses. You know. Because librarians read a lot.' The raised eyebrows turned into a frown. 'You need to get out of the barn more.


Susan Mallery


#awkward-encounters #foot-in-mouth #funny #librarians #shane

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

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

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.


Rita Mae Brown


#reading #life

This is unbearable ... God. These books she'll never read. Her Life's Library.


John Green


#life-s-library #read #life

Besides, I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all round me.


Roger Zelazny


#library #words #beauty