“…an arena for social interaction, a refuge for splendid isolation…”
And yet it must also offer people opportunities to engage in solitary pursuits. Today’s community library might well be a place where one can eat and play chess, but it must not be a place to yell; it must still offer private moments in communal places, moments saturated in silence, light, the knowledge and the creativity of human expression.
Sarah Williams Goldhagen The Revolution at Your Community Library | New Republic | March 9, 2013
