“A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it. That includes health information. And mental health information. It's a community space. It's a place of safety, a haven from the world.” WorldGivingCommunitySpaceHavensInformationCitizensEqualSafetyMental HealthLibraryAccess Book:The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction Source: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
“For thousands and thousands of American kids, libraries are the only safe place they can find to study, a haven free from the dangers of street or the numbing temptations of television. As schools cut back services, the library looms even more important to countless children.” ChildrenImportantKidsSchoolStudyCuttingStreetsHavensDangerTelevisionSafeLibraryTemptationSafe PlacesNumbing Author:Scott Turow
“For me, the historical and genealogical library is the one I use. I'm working on, I'll say, it's a time travel novel. I haven't written very much of it. That's the dirty secret of the Cullman center: The writers don't write their fiction there, they just do their research.” WritingUseSecretFictionNovelWrittenHavensResearchHistoricalLibraryDirtyTime TravelDirty Secrets Author:Andrew Sean Greer