Books and Libraries

"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."

"Stay faithful to the stories in your head."

"Fantasy is hardly escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it."

"All art is a kind of confession"

Someone will remember us

I say

Even in another time

"Books are uniquely portable magic."

                               Osgoode Hall, Toronto

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.”

                              National Library of England

“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”

                              Harvard University Libraries

“You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.”

                          Princeton University Libraries

“Reading is probably another way of being in a place.”