With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

Quote by Doris Lessing

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Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

Laughter is by definition healthy

Laughter is by definition healthy

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be...

If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be...

Quick to borrow is always slow to pay.

Quick to borrow is always slow to pay.