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“Freedom is dearer than bread or joy.”

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Jessie Sampter, a British poet, was born on March 22, 1883, and passed away on November 25, 1938. Her poetry is known for its unique style and profound depiction of nature. more

“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.”

“I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.”

Ifs Thinking Age Roles Computer Library If I Could

Author:Bill Gates

“If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.”

Ifs Community Cutting Library Funding Our Community

Author:Richard M. Daley

“In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one.”

Book Library Following Noses Living Things

Author:Bill Harley

“Libraries are starting places for the adventure of learning that can go on whatever one's vocation and location in life. Reading is an adventure like that of discovery itself. Libraries are our base camp.”

Reading Adventure Goes On Discovery Library Starting Camps Location Vocation

Book:Books and the world

Source: Books and the world

“Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.”

People Mind Voice Raises Library Librarian Armour Libraries And Librarians

Book:A Safari Into Satire

Source: A Safari Into Satire

“My pen is my harp and my lyre; my library is my garden and my orchard.”

Garden Library Pens Harps Orchard

Author:Judah Halevi

“The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings.”

Values Adults Library

Author:Pete Hamill

“The public library is where place and possibility meet.”

Possibility Library Public Library

Author:Stuart Dybek

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