Lawrence Clark Powell

“To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical positive force in your community.”

“The gift of a book is the gift of a dream.”

“A book is a garden carried in the pocket.”

“Unless a book has a corresponding life in the spirit of the reader, it is dead.”

“A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.”

“If a book is not good enough to be read twice, it is not good enough to be read once.”

“Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.”

“The library is the heart of the university.”

“The master key to knowledge is to know where to find it.”

“The riches of the world are in its libraries.”

“Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.”

“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.”

“A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.”

“We are what we read.”

“The love of books is a love of life.”

“No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, and I hope you will too.”