Banned books Quote by Kathryn Stockett

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be…

— Kathryn Stockett

Between 1961 and 1982, 'The Catcher in the Rye' was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States. But…

— Richard Grenell

“It has become unecesssary for the police to ban books: their price alone bans them.”

— Eduardo Galeano

“I soon discovered that one doesn't simply read Crime and Punishment or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn . One reads a certain edition, a…

— Alberto Manguel

Very few teachers or leaders in my small Michigan community ever discussed the issue of 'The Catcher in the Rye,' and certainly no one…

— Richard Grenell

“I'm sure the only act that sells more books than a good banning is a good burning.”

— Pansy Schneider-Horst

“Banned books always smell suspicious”

— Juan Marsé

“Every time they ban the book, it becomes national headlines. I sell more books, so it’s actually lucrative for me. We call Banned Books…

— Sherman Alexie

“[On The Catcher in the Rye] “This Salinger, he’s a short story guy. And he knows how to write about kids. This book though,…

— The New York Times

“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

“They hauled books from the shelves, flipped through the pages, and tossed them to the floor until an entire library of legal volumes lay…

— Ariel Lawhon

The book which most deserved to be banned would be a catalog of banned books.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg