give me the streets of manhattan

To save money by reducing library services and resources is like trying to save a bleeding man by cutting out his heart. Or — if we could reach it — his soul.

Pico Iyer in the L.A. Times (via nypl)

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    図書館の施設や資料を削って節約しようなどというのは、血を流している人を助けるのに心臓を切り取るようなものだ。あるいは…その魂までも。

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