Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No possession can surpass, or even equal a good library, to the lover of books. Here are treasured up for his daily… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I shall tell you what I believe. I believe God is a librarian. I believe that literature is holy...it is that best… — Sarah Smith Copy Share Image
Hi," Kami said to Dorothy, the head librarian…"Can you tell me where I could find the books on Satanism?" Twenty minutes later,… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
Librarians are the coolest people out there doing the hardest job out there on the frontlines. And every time I get to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“She remembered the conversation in the Library, as forgetting was the last thing a fully-trained Librarian should do. Memories were as important… — Genevieve Cogman Copy Share Image
In my day the library was a wonderful place… We didn't have visual aids and didn't have various programs...it was a sanctuary…… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“Librarians who are arguing and lobbying for clever ebook lending solutions are completely missing the point. They are defending library as warehouse… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers that… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Most uncomfortable! Did we lose anyone? Head count! Lee Ark, Leetu, and Brunstetter. Three. Should we count the meech egg? No, I… — Donita K. Paul Copy Share Image
Librarians open up the world. Knowledge is useless if you don't even know where to begin to look. How much more can… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“Of all the places I have walked into, libraries must be the most magical. Have you ever opened the cover of a… — Kimberly Long Cockroft Copy Share Image
One can think of a secretary actively operating a filing system, of a librarian actively cataloguing books, of a computer actively sorting… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
“She referred to the library, any library, as a sanctuary. She made a point of visiting them when we were on vacation,… — Abby Fabiaschi Copy Share Image
... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty,… — Countess of Longford Elizabeth Pakenham Copy Share Image
“Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am… — The Mummy Copy Share Image
The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
I was 13 and my mom was a librarian so I told her to check out every music book she could possibly… — Juicy J Copy Share Image
“She'd always been a little excitable, a little more passionate about books than your average person, but she was supposed to be… — Sarah Beth Durst Copy Share Image
Libraries are brothels for the mind. Which means that librarians are the madams, greeting punters, understanding their strange tastes and needs, and… — Guy Browning Copy Share Image
“Believe it or not working in libraries is very similar to working on an ambulance or a fire truck. You take care… — Lori Reed Copy Share Image
A modern librarian, who has faith in the law that 'BOOKS ARE FOR USE,' is happy only when his readers make his… — S. R. Ranganathan Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
“I know that sounds too earnest, but it’s true. I mean, I would rather be a librarian, but I worry about the… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I could not do what I do without the kindness, consideration, resourcefulness and work of librarians, particularly in public libraries... What started… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Believers and doers are what we need - faithful librarians who are humble in the presence of books… To be in a… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
“Nick chided a censor, who wished some books gone, and suggested she scan Fahrenheit 451. For the book-budget cutters, Old Claus had… — David Davis Copy Share Image
A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I found the idea of being a librarian very appealing--working in a place where people had to whisper and only speak when… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
“If librarianship is the connecting of people to ideas – and I believe that is the truest definition of what we do… — Graceanne A. Decandido Copy Share Image
I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. Because I'd really like , at some point, to walk into a… — Patrick Carman Copy Share Image
[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is… — America Ferrera Copy Share Image
Banks aren't neutral observers, they're ... the people who caused the mess. It's like someone who's wet themselves in a public building… — Mark Steel Copy Share Image
“What the hell do you have on?” Emily looked down at her ensemble. “I have done something wrong, haven't I?” “Did Tinker… — Bella Street Copy Share Image
A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the… — Justin Winsor Copy Share Image