Library/laws

Famous quotes containing the words library and/or laws:

“Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“The laws of custom make our [returning a visit] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make slaves of ourselves! to sell the most precious property we boast, our time;—and to sacrifice it to every prattling impertinent who chooses to demand it!”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)