“We can roam the bloated stacks of the Library of Alexandria, where all imagination and knowledge are assembled; we can recognize in its destruction the warning that all we gather will be lost, but also that much of it can be collected again; we can learn from its splendid ambition that what was one man's experience can become, through the alchemy of words, the experience of all, and how that experience, distilled once again into words, can serve each singular reader for some secret, singular purpose.” MenPurposeLostImaginationSecretReaderAmbitionDestructionLibraryOne ManWarningSplendidAlchemyAlexandria Book:The Library at Night Source: The Library at Night
“The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. Its a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and its hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.” BookSecretCitiesImagineLibraryForgottenFantasticBridgesSectionsPalacesTunnelsCemeteryLabyrinthBarcelonaArches Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.” LifeEvilSecretSpecialBenefitsLibraryPrivilegeProtectionFormerErasClockGood LifePresidencyBadgesSecret Service Author:Lawton Chiles
“The librarians know the secrets, not the historians” KnowsBookSecretLibraryHistorianLibrarianLibrary Books Author:Dee Brown
“A library is many things, but particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books... Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had.” PeopleMenWorldBookSecretMen And WomenLibrary Author:E. B. White