cover-to-cover:

This just makes me sad

wordsbydan:

7 Great quotes about libraries on photos of beautiful libraries

With libraries around the world in danger of extinction, Flavorwire posted a series of great quotes about libraries from famous writers. I decided to pair them with some of the world’s most beautiful libraries. You’re welcome;

1. Trinity College Library - University of Dublin
2. University Club Library – New York City
3. Admont Abbey Library – Austria
4. Real Gabinete Português de Leitura – Rio de Janeiro
5. Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington – Seattle
6. Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
7. Canadian Library of Parliament – Ottawa

Click on the photo to see it full size. Support your local library, kids.

bookshelfporn:

Library Lounge – B2 Boutique Hotel Zurich

The library features over 30,000 books that the hotel acquired from a former bookseller and is open for business during your stay.

harperbooks:

Pretty sure my mother yelled this exact sentence to me once.

Or five times.

(Source: blackballoonpublishing)

(Source: le-joueur-de-flute)

(Source: silver-hour)

meowlikeacow:

A beautiful bookcase at Wrest Park, England

(Source: vegetarianathome)

Library, Edinburgh, Scotland