Be a librarian and see the world!

The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?

— Nancy Pearl

In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a…

— Karen Joy Fowler

“She'd always been a little excitable, a little more passionate about books than your average person, but she was supposed to be -- she…

— Sarah Beth Durst

I am proud of what I am. I am a librarian.

— Rachel Weisz

Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians.

— Richard Scarry

If Donald Trump and the Wicked Witch of the West had a kid, it would be Jayne-Anne. She looks like a librarian with some…

— Richard Kadrey

I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future,…

— Carl Sagan

Libraries are where it all begins.

— Rita Dove

I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian. ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in…

— Audre Lorde

Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian.

— Anthony Horowitz

“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 you that…

— Helen Callaghan

“Why a librarian?” he asked. “Princesses weren’t in high demand, so I opted for the next best thing.”

— Sidney Bristol

“The Burgess sisters arrive together. Tara and Lainie do a little bit of everything. Sometimes dancers, sometimes actresses. Once they were librarians, but that…

— Erin Morgenstern

You can take the girl out of the library, but you can’t take the neurotic, compulsively curious librarian out of the girl.

— Molly Harper

Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being.

— Vissarion Belinsky