Friends of the Richmond Public Library

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

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

Barbara Wright, author

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States

Funding libraries should be our number one national priority.

Karin Slaughter, author

All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.

Studs Terkel, broadcaster & historian