Los Angeles Public Library

ildi marie

“I can't believe that libraries exist. You can get free books whenever you want all the time and now they don't even charge late fees. And!!! You can pick whatever book you want online and they just ship them over to your closest library. How are we so lucky! I think I used to be afraid of the library, afraid of the responsibility, afraid of the big city, but now I'm realizing the power of communit”

Sky Fisher

“Let’s put the performative reading trend to good use. The sexiest thing you can pull out at dinner other than a black card is a local library card. Free audiobooks as far as the ear can hear, free printing for random projects. Once you step back into the brick and mortar houses of knowledge, the digital archives reveal themselves to be slightly goblin-like. Filled with viruses and paywalls. The li”

Kristina Woo

“Create your own algorithm and borrow movies from the library. I'm addicted to it. One of my wackier hauls was when I borrowed Afterlife and Magic Mike in the same breath (I hadn't yet seen the former and had obviously already seen the latter). Got the librarian to give me an approving giggle.”