Friends of the Richmond Public Library

The contents of a library can take you further than your own imagination could begin to imagine. To open a book is to open your mind.

Amberle Cianne, author

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

John Grisham, Virginia author

There are many ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.

Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the United States

Libraries are a pillar of liberty; they equalize and transform.

Matthew Vossler

When I enter a library, I feel I’ve come home.

Barbara Wright, author