Librarians Quote by Linton Weeks

“To librarians, booksellers, and collectors there is nothing limited in the subject of books about books.”

— Leona Rostenberg

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

“I regretted my human form briefly; it would be so much easier to drag and rope information into the brain as neatly as one…

— Marilyn Johnson

“There’s something deep in the heart of every person that wants to protect culture. The only thing about my pending career that was changed…

— Scott Douglas

“Librarians wield unfathomable power. With a flip of the wrist they can hide your dissertation behind piles of old Field and Stream magazines. They…

— Erica Olsen

“Books are only half our job ; the other half is human nature.”

— Mary Virginia Provines

“As if on cue, a line of silhouettes emerged from behind a desert scrub—shapes that moved like cats. They wandered through the landscape of…

— Rahma Krambo

“Thanks for being the kind of person who likes to pick up a book. That's a genuinely great thing. I met a librarian recently…

— Max Barry

“Someone has said of books that they are our 'amplest heritages' of thought, and so they are. That doesn't necessarily mean that they must…

— Mary Virginia Provines

“I think you’re more an archivist than a librarian,” he said. He told me that archivists and librarians were opposite personas. True librarians are…

— Avi Steinberg

“Librarians are trained to be polite, patient, and helpful, no matter who stands across the reference desk.The most important thing is that we look…

— Robert Dawson

“Why do prostitutes when they get straight always try and get so prim? It's like long-repressed librarian-ambitions come flooding out.”

— David Foster Wallace