“Literature is open to everybody.”

This inclusive proclamation rejects the idea that high culture or intellectual pursuit belongs only to a privileged elite, advocating for universal access to the world of books. It asserts that the power of story and ideas is a human right that should not be gatekept by class, gender, or formal education. In the era of open-source information and digital libraries, these words stand as a foundational goal for democratic societies. Users share this to encourage reading and to support initiatives that bring literature to underserved communities around the globe. Virginia Woolf was a staunch advocate for the "common reader" and believed that literature thrived when it was engaged with by a diverse and passionate public.