“A
public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found
there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute writers and
tell them what to write as much as they like, but they cannot vanish what has
been written in the past, though they try often enough...People who love
literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you
read, you can learn to think for yourself.”— British novelist
and
Nobel laureate Doris Lessing (1919-2013), in The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books That Inspired Them,
edited by Antonia Fraser (2015)Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Quote of the Day (Doris Lessing, on Libraries and Democracy)
“A
public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found
there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute writers and
tell them what to write as much as they like, but they cannot vanish what has
been written in the past, though they try often enough...People who love
literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you
read, you can learn to think for yourself.”— British novelist
and
Nobel laureate Doris Lessing (1919-2013), in The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books That Inspired Them,
edited by Antonia Fraser (2015)
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Upon entering Lassen Volcanic National Park a couple of years ago with an older skier friend, he handed over $10 to the fee station attendant for a lifetime National Parks Pass (available to anyone aged 62 or over). I stated, "It's the best deal in America!" And she replied, "Nope, public libraries are..."
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