#on libraries

[bookaddict24-7]

“I prefer the company of books. When I’m reading, I’m never alone, I have a conversation with the book. It can be very intimate.”

―The Library of Unrequited Love by Sophie Divry

[elizabethanism]

I am deeply saddened by the loss of books, even bound periodicals, for there is something irreplaceable about a physical book: its look, its smell, its heft.

~ Oliver Sacks

On Libraries

[morrak]

Not only is this a visually excellent object (as are Abdurraqib’s other books, to lesser extents), it’s also a masterclass in physical design. My ranting about aspect ratio and typesetting probably isn’t welcome, but I’m going to inflict that front matter on everyone regardless. It’s got a fucking PoP compliance statement in addition to the usual Unicode code point 267E for acid-free.

[bookaddict24-7]

Reading is important. Books are important. Librarians are important. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among the stacks.)

Neil Gaiman

[bookaddict24-7]

The smell of the library always lifted my spirits.

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

[catmint1]

When I was an unhappy little boy, going to the library changed my life. It may even have saved it. Amazing as it sounds, literature can do that for you. Books are your ticket to the whole world. They're a free ticket to the entire earth.

—Billy Connolly

[catmint1]

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

Saul Bellow