To those with ears to hear, libraries are really very noisy places. On their shelves we hear the captured voices of the centuries-old conversation that makes up our civilization. – Timothy Healy
My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Poet at the Breakfast Table
When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldnt go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks. – Rich Lowry