Children Quote by Betty Smith

“The books are hard. But the more she asked, the more the children gave. And, though they never saw her, there were thousands who…

— Parents' National Education Union

“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

“The library had become her solace. Her refuge.Books did not question or judge. They made safe companions.”

— Inglath Cooper

“She was the books she read in the library.”

— Betty Smith

“She did not need a library; she was a library.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books.”

— Hilda Van Stockum

“The Librarian liked being best man. You were allowed to kiss bridesmaids, and they weren't allowed to run away.”

— Terry Pratchett

“And what he didn't understand is that she was a library full of adventures in every corner and compartment.”

— Rand

“she still felt she was a librarian and always would be, no matter what else she had become as well. “We”

— Garth Nix

“He was giving her the most important thing he could, the only way he knew how. He was a professor, a lover of stories,…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“He was a professor, a lover of stories, and he was building her a library in the same way other men might build their…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“She is too fond of books and it has addled her mind.”

— Louisa May Alcott