But libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, fr…

Neil Gaiman
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But libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information. ✨ Neil Gaiman (2016). The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, p.13, HarperCollins
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