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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

Your library is your portrait.

One of the most constant and sustaining truths of my life has been this: I love the library.

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

Libraries are where it all begins.

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

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.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Libraries raised me.

Libraries can take the place of God.