Friends of the Richmond Public Library

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Henry Ward Beecher, author

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

Funding libraries should be our number one national priority.

Karin Slaughter, author

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

Richard Armour, poet

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