Daniel Handler Quotes

The library is the temple of learning.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go if you want to sit and think. But particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books. If you want to find out about something, the information is in the reference books---the dictionaries, the encyclopedias, the atlases. If you like to be told a story, the library is the place to go.

To start with, look at all the books.

My alma mater was books, a good library.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I'm a bookworm.

I cannot sit and think; books think for me.

The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.

Keep reading books, stay in school. I encourage kids to read as much as they can, I challenge you to read a book every two weeks, like I try to.

I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.

Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find out what sense other people have made of it. If people give you a hard time and tell you to get your nose out of a book, tell them you're working. Tell them it's research. Tell them to pipe down and leave you alone.

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.

How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering.

I like reading. I just hate school.

The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.

Your library is your paradise.

I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.

I think that books are fundamentally educational.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.