Originally Posted by jlmwrite
But I still love libraries. A library is as sacred as any church or temple. Walking into a library invokes a visceral reaction. Somewhere there will always be a 1960s version of me, wandering in awe in the public library -- the smells of polished wood and the slightly dusty smell of thousands of books mixed with the ink stamps; the wonder of the people and places and things hiding behind the spines of all colors and sizes waiting for me to discover them; the smug success of mastering the card catalog and the Dewey Decimal system; the hushed sounds of pages turning and the librarian stamping return dates on the check-out cards.
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