Friends of the Richmond Public Library

Libraries are the hearts of our communities.

Jennifer R. Hubbard, author

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.

Andrew Carnegie, industrialist & philanthropist

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

Barbara Wright, author

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher

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