Andy Miller Quotes

How I Loved The Municipal Libraries Of South Croydon. They Were Not Child-friendly Places; In Fact, They Were Not Friendly At All, To Anyone. They Were Large, Dark, Wood-panelled Rooms Full Of Books, In Which Visitors Were Expected To Be Silent, And The Only Sound Was The Clicking Of School Shoes On Polished Parquet Floor. The Larger Building In The Town Had Its Own Children's Library, Accessible At One End Of The Hall Via An Imposing Door, But What Lay Behind That Door Was Not A Children's Library As We Might Understand It Today, Full Of Scatter Cushions And Toys And Strategies Of Appeasement; It Revealed Simply A Smaller, Replica Wood-panelled Room Full Of Books. And This - The Shared Expectation Of Respect, The Solemnity, The Shelves Crammed End-to-end With Books, No Face-outs Or Yawning Gaps - Is What I Loved About These Places And What I Found Inspiring. The Balance Of Power Lay With The Books, Not The Public. This Would Never Be Permitted Today.

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