Friends of the Richmond Public Library

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

Richard Armour, poet

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

Aphra Behn, author

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind—humanity in print.

Barbara Tuchman, historian & author

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

Lizzie K. Foley, author

Come, and take choice of all my library, and so beguile thy sorrow.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), playwright