“The founding of libraries was like constructing more public granaries, amassing reserves against a spiritual winter which by certain signs, in spite of myself,

“The founding of libraries was like constructing more public granaries, amassing reserves against a spiritual winter which by certain signs, in spite of myself, I see ahead…” - Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/680896-the-founding-of-libraries-was-like-constructing-more-public-granaries http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/680896-the-founding-of-libra...