You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world...but it requires people to make the dream a reality.

"The world is a very puzzling place, and it is a great privilege to be able to think about it."

The past is not a burden, but a foundation upon which to build.

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.