Holmes Public Library

Famous quotes containing the words holmes, public and/or library:

    “No, no; the real name,” said Holmes sweetly. “It is always awkward doing business with an alias.”
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you,
    You express me better than I can express myself.
    Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn’t it to have a ticket of leave? I think I may safely say no book in my library remains unopened a year at a time, except my own works and Tennyson’s.
    Carolyn Wells (1862–1942)