The three Oak Park Public Library locations are tied together thematically by the use of quotations in the buildings. The Dole Branch and Maze Branch quotations are all from Oak Park authors. The Main Library quotations are selections from world literature with strong representation of Oak Park authors.

Main Library Quotes | Maze Branch Quotes

"I would forever fight to keep hope alive."
Percy Julian, from Response

"From stories, we can all learn something to enrich our lives."
Harriette Gillem Robinet, from If You Please, President Lincoln

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
Ernest Hemingway

"Love your neighbor, let him love you back a little."
Carol Shields, from The Republic of Love

"Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet."
Frank Lloyd Wright

"It is books that are a key to the wide world."
Jane Hamilton, from The Book of Ruth

"On my block every house is a library."
Charles Simic, from Classic Ballroom Dances

"And so he learned to read … with the help of the great dictionary."
Edgar Rice Burroughs, from Tarzan of the Apes