A Reminder of Why Libraries Are Great

“A library is many things. It’s a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It’s a place to go if you want to sit and think. But particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books…Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people — people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.”
 — E.B. White in a letter to the children of Troy, Michigan, explaining what’s great about libraries. If only the same could be same about the internet. (Well, I guess you can meet people online, but the internet will never keep you dry during a rainstorm.)