The Quill’s Quote for Today
May 27, 2009
The whole idea of a library is based on a misunderstanding: that a reader goes to the library to find a book whose title he knows . . . . The essential function of a library is to discover books of whose existence the reader has no idea.
Umberto Eco
The Quill’s Quote for Today
June 10, 2008
“It has been well-stated that books rank next to the Sacraments and prayers as channels of grace to the soul. Very often it is the privilege of the librarian to keep that channel open, or direct the reader to it”
The Quill’s Quote for Today
February 7, 2008
“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”
Henry Ward Beecher
The Quill’s Quote for Today
November 14, 2007
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
Jorge Luis Borges
The Quill’s Quote for Today
October 8, 2007
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Quill’s Quote for Today
August 24, 2007
“A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handfull and throws at it in hopes he may hit.”
Samuel Johnson
