A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life-raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen instead.

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"It's always sunny above the clouds. Always. Every day on earth - every day I have ever had - was secretly sunny, after all."

- Caitlin Moran

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"As we discover God, sometimes unexpected answers to prayers take us from the street, bring us to community, chase darkness from our souls, and guide us to find spiritual refuge and belonging in the goodness of His covenants and abiding love."

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"We are all like fireworks: we climb, we shine and always go our separate ways and become further apart. But even when that time comes, let’s not disappear like a firework and continue to shine forever."

- Hitsugaya Toshiro

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"Alone, you feel nothing but insecurity; that’s why we form guilds, that’s why we have friends. We walk together in order to live a strong life."

- Makarov Dreyar

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"Even if we forget the faces of our friends, We will never forget the bonds that were carved into our souls."

- Otonashi Yuzuru

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"No single thing is perfect by itself. That’s why we’re born to attract other things to make up for what we lack. I think we start walking in the right direction only after we start getting our counterparts besides us."

- Itachi Uchiha

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