A mans library is a sort of harem. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I always imagined that Paradise would be a kind of library. – Jorge Luis Borges, translated from Spanish

What is more important in a library than anything else – than everything else – is the fact that it exists. – Archibald MacLeish, "The Premise of Meaning," American Scholar, 5 June 1

Nutrimentum spiritus (food for the soul). – Berlin Royal Library, inscription