![My library is an archive of longings.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pezWhBtS6ow/X1t2fp0JvzI/AAAAAAAAIhI/QDQR1IN2_L4RsPtgv1-mUkq13R1pT07GgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/my-library-is-an-archive-of-longings.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Tag: Library
![My library is an archive of longings.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pezWhBtS6ow/X1t2fp0JvzI/AAAAAAAAIhI/QDQR1IN2_L4RsPtgv1-mUkq13R1pT07GgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/my-library-is-an-archive-of-longings.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-73Lh9FXxbIk/X1tvfv9JjII/AAAAAAAAH4I/8LSL39i4v6ENmDHQO_3uIBEpazZ3f71nwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-was-good-to-walk-into-a-library-again-it-smelled-like-home.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.
![I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4v_yycnQFEk/X1tqs2xlF-I/AAAAAAAAHGc/3NXGu8oovW4LOi6afPjdeMkdKA268pqoQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-have-always-imagined-that-paradise-will-be-a-kind-of-library.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
![A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zBHptc3ejNs/X1tccJw5IwI/AAAAAAAAFXw/aMbgO7O_LqMAGo3UW9afNyr9N61s4F6rQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-library-could-show-you-everything-if-you-knew-where-to-look.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.
![If your library is not “unsafe,” it probably isn’t doing its job.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H8N9Xa6RDQo/X1tscq94OSI/AAAAAAAAHas/Mu17U1dVm24IJq-iqV9oM4lwW75f0CmUQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-your-library-is-not-unsafe-it-probably-isnt-doing-its-job.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If your library is not “unsafe,” it probably isn’t doing its job.
![The public library is where place and possibility meet.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Sz25HAG9mCM/X1uKRB8IPHI/AAAAAAAAKbw/hU51BvU4ns8ARSQU8OOF-d8okOgkG73UwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-public-library-is-where-place-and-possibility-meet.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The public library is where place and possibility meet.
![The library is like a candy store where everything is free.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5NPTNVaeU5g/X1uJth22GCI/AAAAAAAAKU8/N7jV2dAtZsIqOnWIV7KSInKhhOGbdKkCwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-library-is-like-a-candy-store-where-everything-is-free.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The library is like a candy store where everything is free.
![How can you be nervous? Don’t you see? We’re in a library.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E0g9NOIQWAs/X1tosUwLYBI/AAAAAAAAGzs/RNexfxnqlR8xx07Rgdsj022kOKmqFp1UwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/how-can-you-be-nervous-dont-you-see-were-in-a-library.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
How can you be nervous? Don’t you see? We’re in a library.
![Me, poor man, my libraryWas dukedom large enough.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4nwperi_JWU/X1t1_j5TUaI/AAAAAAAAIbU/m4F2wacI5dsLAAckc1XEbqJoiTwWIltuQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/me-poor-man-my-librarywas-dukedom-large-enough.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Me, poor man, my libraryWas dukedom large enough.
![Libraries raised me.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WntcDruGF2s/X1twlPb4C6I/AAAAAAAAIFE/GpfUg2fI-J49yOZWODWaIVRpDqRl4iiBACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/libraries-raised-me.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Libraries raised me.
![I wanted a library like this…[] A cave of words that I’d made myself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tthjTLmuvW8/X1tuIu9mlxI/AAAAAAAAHow/B5KZXN8fa3Q4-60dOG3veq9oyd3uGvPkgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-wanted-a-library-like-this-a-cave-of-words-that-id-made-myself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I wanted a library like this…[] A cave of words that I’d made myself.
![A library implies an act of faith.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w9FIaFDdhBY/X0VnJguEQOI/AAAAAAAABLQ/Dac0iL553zsHdVD1asq8tRbw9w6-eNTOACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw1quf-gU/w750-h750-p/a-library-implies-an-act-of-faith-quotes-by-victor-hugo-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-faith.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)