In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks. – Henry Rollins
The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority. – Henry Rollins
When life hands you a lemon, say, “Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?” – Henry Rollins
The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink. – Henry Rollins
Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the book-worm. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man should have a library. The works of the grandest masters of literature may now be procured at prices that place them within the reach almost of the very poorest, and we may all put Parnassian singing birds into our chambers to cheer us with the sweetness of their songs. – William E.A. Axon, October 1867