Friends of the Richmond Public Library

Some of my earliest memories are of book readings and story nights at our local library. It’s where I first learned to love reading, and discovered how exciting it is to get lost in the pages of a really good book.

Erin Duffy, author

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

Henry Ward Beecher, author

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Ray Bradbury, author

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

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

Eleanor Brown, author