“I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.” KindBookFoundTeacherHappenedOne DayLibraryComicBest ThingsUpsetComic BookBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:Walter Dean Myers
“A curious thing happened: the terrains of England began to impinge on my consciousness, altering, then effacing, the world outside the library window… I was wrapped in a pleasurable dreaminess. I was in a better place. If true life existed elsewhere, then I had almost found it.” IfsWorldFoundConsciousnessHappenedWindowEnglandLibraryThings HappenCuriousElsewhereBetter PlaceTrue LifeTerrain Author:Garry Disher
“For an academic to launch a public conversation about journalistic integrity, the role of religion in society, scholarship and faith is a dream come true. These are the kinds of things that we sit around talking to each other about in our dusty libraries. To see these conversations take place in popular culture is the best thing that could have ever happened.” KindDreamCultureTalkingRolesHappenedIntegrityConversationLibraryBest ThingsAcademicDreams Come TrueScholarshipPopular CultureJournalisticReligion In Society Author:Reza Aslan
“One teacher told me that my work belonged in the trash. That day I ran out of the classroom and ended up in the library, where there happened to be a black and white photography exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg's photographs of the streets of New York. The subject of his photos were exactly what I was painting about.” BlackWhiteTeacherHappenedStreetsSubjectsNew YorkPaintingPhotographyLibraryPhotographRanClassroomBlack And WhiteTrashExhibitionsBlack And White Photography Author:Jose Parla
“I could not do what I do without the kindness, consideration, resourcefulness and work of librarians, particularly in public libraries... What started me writing history happened because of some curiosity that I had about some photographs I'd seen in the Library of Congress.” WritingKindnessHappenedCuriosityLibraryPhotographCongressConsiderationLibrarianPublic LibraryResourcefulnessWriting History Author:David McCullough
“Well I just so happened to bump into a chess book in the library at school and I didn't know that there were books on chess and so I take this book out and I'm like this is going to be cool, I'm going to whoop on this guy now, so I studied the book and I go back and the guy crushes me again.” KnowsWellsBookSchoolGuyHappenedLibraryChessCrushThis GuyBumpsBeing Cool Author:Maurice Ashley