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Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

For thousands and thousands of American kids, libraries are the only safe place they can find to study, a haven free from the dangers of street or the numbing temptations of television. As schools cut back services, the library looms even more important to countless children.

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?

Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In recent years, libraries have taken on an increasingly important role. today's libraries are about much more than books.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.

The public library system of the United States is worth preserving.