“I do not believe that any book should be denied to the man who possesses the wisdom to understand it, Bruno, but… — S.J. Parris Copy Share Image
“If somebody is telling you there is one history, one people & one version of events, you should consider what side of… — Sara Ellie MacKenzie Copy Share Image
“A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“When the Viennese government compiled a Catalogue of Forbidden Books in 1765, so many Austrians used it as a reading guide that… — Craig Nelson Copy Share Image
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“There are lessons to be learned from history — but generally those lessons are only known to those who read books, not… — Brian Dunning Copy Share Image
“If a novelist were so uncouth and possessed of so little moral sense that he should write of illicit love, his book… — Clyde Brion Davis Copy Share Image
“Because all books are forbidden when a country turns to terror. The scaffolds on the corners, the list of things you may… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“He would tell you to think, next time, before you blindly chase your ideology. He would ask you to think, not just… — Roseanna M. White Copy Share Image
“I'm not, like, a book guy, but isn't the point of all this book stuff like what Ms. Croft was teaching us… — David Connis Copy Share Image
'The Prince's blunt candor has been a scandal for 500 years. The book was placed on the Papal Index of banned books… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“Every time they ban the book, it becomes national headlines. I sell more books, so it’s actually lucrative for me. We call… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Books can look dangerous or precious, depending on which side you're looking from, from office or from the streets.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Everybody has the right to form their own opinion and read what they like and come to their own conclusion about it...… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
