“. . . when a woman has a husband And you've got none, Why should she take advice from you? Even if… — Meredith Willson Copy Share Image
Of course you don't believe in fairies. You're fifteen. You think I believed in fairies at fifteen? Took me until I was… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The librarian, a tiny blonde twenty-something in a Riot grrrl T-shirt, looked up from her desk and smiled. Don’t let anyone tell… — Helen Callaghan Copy Share Image
She either confused me with a much older child or else she glimpsed deep inside my soul and perceived a hole that… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Note that the #1 Top Reviewer at Amazon (4550 book reviews) is Harriet Klausner, formerly an acquisitions librarian in Pennsylvania. This just… — Peter Morville Copy Share Image
“Librarians who are arguing and lobbying for clever e-book lending solutions are completely missing the point. They are defending the library-as-warehouse concept,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging knowledge, good… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
Librarians are serious people, seldomgiven to idle jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous… — Lynn Austin Copy Share Image
I spent the first few years of my life in a smallish community in Queens. Back in those early days, kids could… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between… — William Osler Copy Share Image
My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
“...a book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands. If for a… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I mean, these are really dedicated people [in Lovecraft Society] when it comes to [h.P.] Lovecraft. But in the top floor of… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
“My job is never boring," Staples said. "There's nuts-and-bolts stuff like getting the tarpaulin over the shaft when it rains, and so… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
And the smell of the library was always the same - the musty odour of old clothes mixed with the keener scent… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“She was an ordinary librarian, innocent of any crime, but one day she fell into a giant paint box and has been… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn't 500 channels so there was a thing for a… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
For some 25 years, I worked as a librarian, first at the New York Public Library, then at Trenton State College in… — Avi Copy Share Image
If we can put a man on the moon and sequence the human genome, we should be able to devise something close… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If Donald Trump and the Wicked Witch of the West had a kid, it would be Jayne-Anne. She looks like a librarian… — Richard Kadrey Copy Share Image
To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
Teachers and librarians are some of my favorite people, especially since I was a teacher myself. I love talking to them because… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“It took me awhile to learn the rules. OK, it took the librarian in me weeks of careful obsessive research to learn… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“Do you know the best thing about broken hearts?' the librarian asked. I shook my head. 'They can only really break once.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“A future owned by yellow journalism was not one most reporters wished to contemplate. Some libraries had already barred the "World" and… — Paul Collins Copy Share Image
I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I'd give the librarian a secret code word and he'd give me the one… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the… — James H. Billington Copy Share Image
[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man.… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
“Boy, this is your lucky day!" She clapped her hands. "You found yourself a librarian! I can help wit the figuring-out thing… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My family has schoolteachers and librarians, and I think people who teach are probably some of our greatest American heroes. Certainly, underpaid… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
“Librarians, to Melanie, were somewhat on par wit God- who else could be bothered with, and better yet, know the answers to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I got a job as a children's librarian at PS 175 in Harlem, and that changed everything. That was an epiphany. I… — Lynne Stewart Copy Share Image
“Now called for something drastically un-running away. Now called for--what? Suddenly I had it. Now called for being a librarian! (--Sally Jay… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image