“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
“The woman was putting her purse in the drawer and settling down behind the desk, and I realized I had never seen… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of… — Neil Gaiman 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
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
“...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 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
“Here, you carry these. I may need my hands free. Why the hell are we taking ‘The Dream of the Red Chamber?’… — Genevieve Cogman 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
“I like to imagine that library school was started because of some sort of silly bar bet where a guy got really… — Scott Douglas Copy Share Image
Somhow those Ten Men -- at the time they were called Recruiters, of course -- discovered that Constance had been at the… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
“It may be that I link every library to that first one - to my early childhood experience of drawing on the… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
You don't have to become an investment banker as a way of demonstrating that education has worked for you. But librarians have… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
“She took particular comfort in certain familiar sights and sounds that marked her day: the buzz of the fluorescent lights, the pale… — T.E.D. Klein Copy Share Image
It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth… — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
The library was like a second home. Or maybe more like a real home, more than the place I lived in. By… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“And to love such a librarian requires a surrendering to her eccentricities, a bowing to her pathological quietness, an obeisance to a… — Jesse Giles Christiansen Copy Share Image
At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“She, of all people, knew the sacred trust that word -- "librarian" -- implied. Because a librarian was supposed to to be… — Beth Fantaskey Copy Share Image
“Librarians were somewhat on a par with God-who else could be bothered with, and better yet, know the answers to so many… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“...I am still librarian in your house, for I never was dismissed, and never gave up the office. Now I am librarian… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Pimps make the best librarians. Psycho killers, the worst. Ditto conmen. Gangsters, gun runners, bank robbers – adept at crowd control, at… — Avi Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Libraries are like houses of worship: Whether or not you use them yourself, it's important to know that they are there. In… — Jane Stanton Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Because of our library system anyone in America can educate themselves in any field they desire. If they are confused, librarians (that… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
“Do you ever hide books you've read over and over again because you're so sick of them?' 'Oh, definitely. When they ask… — Gina Sheridan Copy Share Image
