Friends of the Richmond Public Library

Library/ Here is where people/ One frequently finds/ Lower their voices/ And raise their mind.

Richard Armour, poet

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.

Andrew Carnegie, industrialist & philanthropist

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States

That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.”

Aphra Behn, author

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Ray Bradbury, author