"We are all, in some way, exiles from ourselves."

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.

Sustainability is not an option, it's a necessity.

The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching.