Jesmyn Ward Quotes

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

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

I'm not a library.

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

Libraries are the backbone of our education system.

When in doubt, go to the library.

A library implies an act of faith.

Your library is your paradise.

The true university of these days is a collection of 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.

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

...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

To start with, look at all the books.

My alma mater was books, a good library.

Libraries are the center of our lives. There's no use going to a university if you don't live at the library.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

There's no use going to school unless your final destination is the library.

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.

A library is thought in cold storage.

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets.

I think that books are fundamentally educational.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

Libraries are where it all begins.

Me, I'm an encyclopedia. I'm not a very smart guy, but I'm an encyclopedia. You can ask me about anything you want. Probably I have the book; probably I have a first edition.