Sarah J. Maas Quotes

If information is the currency of democracy, then libraries are its banks.

Every library is an arsenal.

Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

What I tell kids is don't get mad (about censorship) get even. Run, don't walk, to the first library you can find, and read what they're trying to keep out of your eyes. Read what they're trying to keep out of your brains. Because that's exactly what you need to know.

Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all.

Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.

Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.

But libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information.

If you do not value libraries then you do not value information or culture or wisdom. You are silencing the voices of the past and you are damaging the future.

Libraries really are the gates to the future.

It's a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those

Printing means democracy because it brings knowledge within the reach of the common people, and knowledge, in the long run, is sure to make good its claim to power.

The health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support out libraries.

Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest but who has the right information.

Libraries are the torch of the world, illuminating the path when it feels too dark to see. We mustn't allow that torch to be extinguished.

A library is a path to the future--find yours there.

Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without libraries, I would be a pauper, intellectually and spiritually.

Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn't value its librarians doesn't value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?

Our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support our libraries.

Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore.

Libraries are community treasure chests, loaded with a wealth of information available to everyone equally, and the key to that treasure chest is the library card. I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

Libraries...house our dreams.

Nothing is more powerful and liberating than knowledge.

I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.