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"If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we read it? Good God, we also would be happy if we had no books and such books that make us happy we could, if need be, write ourselves. What we must have are those books that come on us like ill fortune, like the death of one we love better than ourselves, like suicide. A book must be an ice axe to break the sea frozen inside us."
—Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Austrian writer, The Metamorphosis, The Trial |
Help Save Illinois LibrariesDocument ActionsIn the latest Illinois state budget, the General Assembly cut general revenue funding for all state library and literacy grants by 50%! Here is a link to make it easy to contact your legislatures to restore funding to Illinois libraries. The text block is already filled in but you can customize it if you wish. The text blocks are already filled in, but you can customize them if you wish. Click here to view/download a flyer regarding this issue. |
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