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Quote by Lesley Conger
The best of my education has come from the public library... my tu

The best of my education has come from the public library… my tuition fee is a bus fare and once in a while, five cents a day for an overdue book. You don’t need to know very much to start with, if you know the way to the public library. – Lesley Conger

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