Wall of Words
Entry / 1st Floor glass panels
- There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. Andrew Carnegie
Circulation / 1st Floor glass panels
- We read to know we are not alone. C. S. Lewis
- None is poor, save him that lacks Knowledge . The Talmud
- Without libraries what have we?
We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury - A library is not a luxury but one of the
necessities of life. Henry Ward Beecher - Man’s mind, once stretched by a new
idea, never regains its original dimension. Oliver Wendell Holmes - Never believe that a few caring people
can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. Margaret Mead
Youth / 1st Floor glass panels
- A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. Chinese proverb
- The more that you read, the more things you’ll know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss
- It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. e.e. cummings
- Books may well be the only true magic. Alice Hoffman
- Believe in your dreams. Georgia O’Keefe
- The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stairway / 2nd Floor glass panels
- The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries. Arthur Ashe
- I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it. Voltaire
- A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry. Thomas Jefferson
- Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. Carl Sandburg
- It’s better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. Confucius
- I believe that we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. Gwendolyn Brooks
Genealogy / 2nd Floor glass panels
- I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
- Education is the best provision for the journey to old age. Aristotle
- Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles W. Eliot
- Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. Abraham Lincoln
- The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Mark Twain
- The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. Adlai Stevenson
- My community is always at the center of what I do, as inspiration, reason, and hope. Nydia Vel’azquez