Book Quote by Anna James

“Books are our windows on the world. They permit us to safely experience other lives and ways of thinking and feeling. Books give us…

— Harry Mazer

“In approved places, every story serves a purpose. But forbidden books are so much more. Some of them are webs; you can feel your…

— Lauren Oliver

Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most…

— Sara Sheridan

“Book Bans Are Dumb (Sonnet 1587) Book bans are dumb, It makes the mind numb. If banning books were justice, Middle ages would've been…

— Abhijit Naskar

If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the…

— Judy Blume

“The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. You don't have to burn books to destroy…

— Ray Bradbury

“Though books were potentially harmful, novels were all the more dangerous. The path of fiction could easily mislead you into the cosmos of stories…

— Elif Shafak

Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike…

— Lloyd Alexander

Books are, at their heart, dangerous. Yes, dangerous. Because they challenge us: our prejudices, our blind spots. They open us to new ideas, new…

— Libba Bray

“You, dear reader, I am sure cannot imagine what it might be like to live in a world in which books are banned. For…

— Cressida Cowell

“Some people said there was a secret society trained precisely for that purpose, toiling away generation after generation, poring over the book and copying…

— Traci Chee

“Books change us. They excite us, they compel us to question, to fight, to believe in the possibility of the improbable; they are the…

— T.S. Tate