The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and their own thirst for knowledge, and in the process, to achieve their own independence of mind and spirit.

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.

The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and their own thirst for knowledge, and in the process, to achieve their own independence of mind and spirit.

The book is here to stay. What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer.

In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a symbol of opportunity, citizenship, equality, freedom of speech and freedom of thought, and hence, is a symbol for democracy itself.

The universe is not going to see someone like you again in the entire history of creation.