Friends of the Richmond Public Library

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

Ray Bradbury, author

Libraries: cafeterias for food that feeds the mind.

Louise Yelin, author

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages—and sages—and, simply put, there’s something for everyone inside.

Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States

Libraries are more important today than when I was a kid.

John Grisham, Virginia author

Libraries are the hearts of our communities.

Jennifer R. Hubbard, author