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Libraries are where it all begins.

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.

I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books.

When I was 14, I saw a library for the first time.

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

I have a passion for libraries. They are potentially real community centers.

When I was young, my parents had a library in our living room. I was always free to browse and read.

Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things.

I remember the first book I bought, when I was about 11... Dad said, 'What have you got that for? What are libraries for?'

As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.