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I love libraries. I don’t often visit them because I own a book store, but the idea that we have built temples to free books and knowledge is lovely.

I wrote a paper or two in school at a big, old, stone library. There was always a feeling of discovery, to walk through the dimly lit stacks, heading towards a hidden away carrel, looking to both sides at all the amazing volumes with tantalizing titles. Some hadn’t been checked out in months or years, and library collections should be pruned, but the idea isn’t that just the most important or popular books are available. Rather, a full variety should be ready for that one time that someone needs a particular book. Libraries are for everyone.