Famous quotes containing the words shapiro, library and/or building:
“Sentio ergo sum: he feels his way
And words themselves stand up for him like Braille
And punch and perforate his parchment ear.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
“Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“And of the other things death is a new office building filled with modern furniture,
A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)