„Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.“

„I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.“

—  Jean Paul Sartre, книга The Words

Источник: The Words

„It won't be pleasant."
"Nothing ever is.“

—  Cassandra Clare, книга City of Ashes

Источник: City of Ashes

„Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.“

—  John Waters American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer 1946

„Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.“

—  Sidney Sheldon American writer 1917 - 2007

„Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials.“

—  Tim Gunn American actor and fashion consultant 1953

Источник: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work

„Evoking fear is, in itself, an art form – and nothing in the entire history of storytelling has explored it better than video games.“

—  Ben Croshaw English video game journalist 1983

http://web.archive.org/web/20081015182445/http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24493980-5014239,00.html
Other Articles

„[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.“

—  Rex Stout, книга Fer-de-Lance

Источник: Fer-de-Lance

„Nagiko, I am waiting for you. Meet me at the library. Any library. Every library. Yours, Jerome.“

—  Peter Greenaway British film director 1942

Jerome's suicide note
The Pillow Book

„Nothing sweetens life like a pleasant disposition.“

—  Hasan ibn Ali Shia Imam 624 - 669

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 111
General Quotes

„You're a library of me.“

—  Zadie Smith British writer 1975

„Libraries raised me.“

—  Ray Bradbury American writer 1920 - 2012

„And what is pleasant to me is no worse.
And the paternal horn by mead-nourished payment.
Pleasant, the directing of fish in the pond;
Also pleasant, calling about to play.“

—  Taliesin Welsh bard 534 - 599

„Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.“

—  Anne Herbert (writer) American journalist 1952

"The Next Whole Earth Catalog", (1980), p 331. http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2001-February/035270.html (Derived from the Gilbert Shelton quote, "Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope."

„Bless me! this is pleasant
Riding on the Rail.“

—  John Godfrey Saxe American poet 1816 - 1887

"Hymn of the Rail".

„What better place to kill time than a library?“

—  Diane Setterfield, книга The Thirteenth Tale

Источник: The Thirteenth Tale

„Here is the pleasant place,
And nothing wanted is, save She, alas!“

—  William Drummond of Hawthornden British writer 1585 - 1649

"Phoebus Arise".
Poems (1616)

„The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself.“

—  Johann Gottfried Herder German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic 1744 - 1803

Der Appetit nach einer schönen Frucht ist angenehmer als die Frucht selbst.
Christoph Martin Wieland (ed.) Der deutsche Merkur vol. 20 (1781) p. 214; cited from Bernhard Suphan (ed.) Herders sämmtliche Werke (Berlin Weidmann, 1888) vol. 15, p. 307. Translation from Maturin M. Ballou Pearls of Thought (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1881) p. 13

„What is pleasanter than the tie of host and guest?“

—  Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers

Источник: Oresteia (458 BC), The Libation Bearers, line 702

„Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.“

—  E.L. Doctorow novelist, editor, professor 1931 - 2015

The New York Times (20 October 1985)