“Fine-free” on July 1st!
“Shir zan. Lionesses. Us. Can’t you just see it, Ellie? Someday, you and me—we’ll do great things. We’ll live life for ourselves. And we will help others. We are cubs now, maybe. But we will grow to be lionesses. Strong women who make things happen.”
Perhaps I am deceived by old age and fear, but I suspect that the human species- the unique human species- is on the road to extinction, while the Library will last on forever: illuminated, solitary, infinite, perfectly immovable, filled with precious volumes, useless, incorruptible, secret.
No, we’re not lost. The wind knows my name. And yours too. Everyone knows where we are.
“People like me have to make two lists: what they need and what they want. You keep the first list short, if you’re smart, and you burn the second one.”
“philosophers have warned us: if we forget the past, we are doomed to repeat it.”
“And then you find that you have no years left. You have days. That is the prize: to realize, at the end, that every minute was worth fighting for with every ounce of blood and fire.”
Press Release: JMRL Goes Fine Free July 1, 2026
“I don’t think it really matters whether you know a lot about books or not. That said, I don’t know that much myself. But I think what matters far more with a book is how it affects you.”
The 2026 Summer Reading Kickoff Lineup is Here!
Learn 30 things in 3 hours in a fast-paced library takeover event!
