Augustine Birrell Quotes

Dear me, how I love a library.

I love my books.

I had always thought of Paradise / In form and image as a library.

When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.

The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

Reading has always been the great love of my life.

I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is still my friend.

I think the biggest thing, where my passionate-ness comes from, is that I love reading, and it is something that I really care about.

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.

A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.

Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.

A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.

To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please.

Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

A library is many things, but particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books... Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had.

They go in [to the library] not because they need any certain volume but because they feel that there may be some book that needs them.

When in doubt, go to the library.

The library is the temple of learning.

Love has many faces.

As a child, I spent a lot of time at the library.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

We all know exactly what we love, and woe is you if you're on the other side.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.