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cities need more cozy enchanting late night cafes to work & read from til 1am
A spirit of enlightenment, joy, curiosity, wonder. A sense of kinship with the others. To me, libraries have always functioned as lighthouses ā living, breathing monuments to the light of human consciousness. They are places that lost and weary souls can go to in search of relief. Public libraries are one of the things that civilization got really,... See more
the urge to open a coffee shop that ās also a library, bakery, and a flower shop
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Itās currently 2am, and Iām reading in a bookstore thatās also a bar. Why arenāt all cities like this? https://t.co/hsH5tTfTm8
The wonder of public libraries was not lost on Jack Kerouac, who wrote gorgeously about the NYPL in his journalsāwhich, incidentally, I read in the NYPL. And, okay, yes, he was also writing about the Boston Public Library, which is lovely too.
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The two big city libraries that Iāve had occasion to frequent, the one in Boston and
Jillian Hess ā¢ 5 Love Notes
Instead of nightclubs I want a 24hr library with hot chocolate stations, a dessert bar, coffee machine, big comfy chairs and beanbags, blankets, dogs welcome, just people who want to spend the evening reading alone, together, peaceful, a cosy fire, plants, an indoor waterfall.
š£š²šæšæš¶x.comi wish earth was more like a library. ppl speaking in soft voices on the streets everything shared and borrowed.
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Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.