What is a library? Quotes to inspire.
| by Laksamee Cave
Library spaces and the collections they house often inspire admiration. The power of bringing human knowledge together and providing access to information merits reflection. Find the following quotes and items in the Davis Family Library.
Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881) was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.
Go check the shelves:
Philine
Davis Family Library - Main Stacks
PQ2152.A77 Z6 1930
In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist.
Libraries shape and reflect their communities. Library spaces and the information they house historically and currently do not always provide equitable service. It is something we should continue to fight for.
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I know why the caged bird sings
Davis Family Library - Main Stacks
PS3551.N464 Z465 1970
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of a Library.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature.
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El Aleph
Davis Family Library - Main Stacks
PQ7797.B635 A7 1952
Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News from 1962-1981.
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A reporter’s life
Davis Family Library - Main Stacks
PN4874.C84 A3 1996
Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.
Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007) was an American writer, prominent in the 1930s, who worked on Broadway plays and motion pictures.
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The bachelor and the bobby-soxer
Davis Family Library - DVDs
PN1997.B19275 A1 2004D
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end.You live several lives while reading it.
William Styron (1925-2006) was an American novelist and essayist, perhaps most well known for his novel Sophie’s Choice.
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The Long March
Davis Family Library - Special Collections
Abernethy Collection
Libraries always remind me that there are good things in this world.
Lauren Ward is an American singer and actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Miss Honey in Matilda.
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Roald Dahl’s Matilda the musical : original London cast recording
Davis Family Library -
CDs - Circulation Desk
CD 21230
In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.
Linton Weeks is a Washington Post Staff Writer. The Post’s 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War.
Go check the shelves:
The Post
Davis Family Library - DVDs
PN1997.2.P6826 A1 2018D