Friends of the Richmond Public Library

I’m of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.

Barbara Kingsolver, Virginia author

If you want to find your happy place, just go to the library.

Lizzie K. Foley, author

There is no problem a library card can’t solve.

Eleanor Brown, author

When I got my library card, that’s when my life began.

Rita Mae Brown, writer

My Alma mater was books, a good library… I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Malcolm X, human rights activist