" The library is an easy place to be when you have no place you need to go and a desire to be invisible.

In the book, fire isn't repulsive; it's seductive - a gorgeous, mysterious power that can transmute material objects. Fire is "the thing man wanted to invent but never did."

A library is a good place to soften solitude.

All the things that are wrong in the world seem conquered by a library's simple unspoken promise: Here I am, please tell me your story; here is my story, please listen. "

― Susan Orlean , The Library Book