26 People Told Us How Public Libraries Make Their Lives Better via BuzzFeed

26 People Told Us How Public Libraries Make Their Lives Better

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"It made me love learning, which is the greatest gift I possibly could have received."

BuzzFeed: 11.13.2018 by Arianna Rebolini

Recently, we asked the BuzzFeed Community how their local libraries have improved their lives. Here are some of the most heartwarming responses.

1. "There wasn't this pressure to socialize or talk to anyone there."

"I moved to the town I currently live in when I was 10. Making friends was never easy for me — I have severe social anxiety, and a birth defect where one of the symptoms is alopecia and I only became more aware of it after I moved — but I found a lot of comfort in the town's library.

2. "The library provides so many resources for me to practice a new language."

"I’m learning a new language and the library provides so many resources for me to practice the language, which otherwise would have been really expensive.

3. "Books helped me feel a little less lonely."

"I started homeschooling in the seventh grade. Homeschoolers get a bad rep for being socially awkward and inept, but I am actually a very extroverted person so it was tough to be homeschooled.

4. "It's a simple but meaningful way for me to honor my late father's memory."

"I inherited my father’s love of reading and as soon as I could write my name, I signed up for my own library card. We would take weekly trips to our library and pick out a few books to read together, and it was easily one of the best parts of my childhood.

5. "[The school librarians] let me take out more books than the actual limit."

"I love befriending the librarians at school, because then they will let me take out more books than the actual limit of books — like in sixth grade, I was able to check out five books at a time.  READ MORE >>