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Happy National Libraries Day!
There is a place in the world that I know, where the outside can’t come in; A wardrobe to your own personal Narnia. A place where you can travel the world, learn a new language, discover things you never knew; absolutely free.
The library is that place. You walk through the doors into a haven of possibility.
Libraries are a force for good. They wear capes. They fight evil. They don’t get upset when you don’t send them a card on their birthdays. (Though they will charge you if you’re late returning a book.) They serve communities. The town without a library is a town without a soul. The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance. Libraries are the torch of the world, illuminating the path when it feels too dark to see. We mustn’t allow that torch to be extinguished.
(Source: libbabray.com, via prettybooks)
