I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I got out of the public library. For an impoverished child whose family could not afford to buy books, the library was the open door to wonder and achievement, and I can never be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit to charge through that door and make the most of it. Now, when I read constantly about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door is closing and that American society has found one more way to destroy itself. (Isaac Asimov)It's interesting that Ray Bradbury had a similar experience and has expressed virtually the same opinion. Asimov quote via A Writer's Ruminations.
الاثنين، 16 أغسطس 2010
Isaac Asimov's opinion of libraries and library funding
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