Kindle Notes & Highlights
Samuel Beckett was right: when we are reading, a voice comes to us as in the dark and whispers, “Imagine!”
when a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too.
have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. —JORGE LUIS BORGES
We Americans share more than what divides us.
I owe much of my knowledge to thousands of books I withdrew from public libraries over a lifetime.
Books require patience, sustained attention to what is on the page, and frequent rest periods for reverie, so that the meaning of what we are reading settles in and makes its full impact.
In an age of greed and selfishness, the public library stands as an enduring monument to the values of cooperation and sharing.
we rarely get around to thanking those who’ve helped us most.
Creed and opinion change with time, and their symbols perish; but Literature and its temples are sacred to all creeds, and inviolate.
“Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.”
Reading and books are medicine.
Even the smallest can provide that deep human comfort that comes from reading and ideas.
