American Libraries Magazine , May 28, 2009]
Jon Bing
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...There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. 
There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. 
I think... if it is true that 
Who’s to say what a ‘literary life’ is? As long as you are writing often, and writing well, yo... 
(There are so many If's like Why's, why there, if there... but why?? Look again I say this word!)
So what if I don't learn algebra?'
Death isn't funny." 
O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace! 
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more ... 
There is now a distance,
Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries? 
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information prev... 
So, why do you write these strong female characters?
Wherever you are, be all there. 
Is it a very wicked place?" I asked, more for the sake of saying something than for information.
Stephanie: Why can't you break in? You broke into the Vault
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Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I... 
I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is
There is only as much space, only as much time, 
There is so little time for us all, I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many peop... 
Amor"
The trouble with life
All is going well, very well, I couldn’t ask for anything better—
There is no religion without love, 
There are so many things to say; so many things that can't really be said. 
We are machines, all of us...
You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope. 
Where are we going?" asked Victor. "If I'm allowed to ask."
Can I ask a question, sir?" said Maurice, as Death turned to go.
When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. ... 
I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty ... 
[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor.
“I think we need food.”
I walked across an empty land
Are you and Beetee going?” I ask.
It's time for people to realize that we are all mixed up inside. That is why there is so much divers... 
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~Do you like him much?
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The heart itself is only a small vessel, 
as long as there are
Why do you paint?
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life ... 
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more ... 
Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?'
Hakuna mimi katika umoja. Kuna sisi. 
Why shall I speak of the damage of love?
Do you know why I left America, Lidewij? So that I would never again have to encounter Americans."
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. 
We think of mortality so little these days...
Crimson flames tied through my ears
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Happiness [is] only real when shared 
Yeah, that's the ticket. 
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