Children Quote by Rebecca Makkai

“If she can't spell, she shouldn't be a librarian.”

— Beverly Cleary

“She loved the library and was anxious to worship the lady in charge. But the librarian had other things on her mind. She hated…

— Betty Smith

“All witches who'd lived in her cottage were bookish types. They thought you could see life through books but you couldn't, the reason being…

— Terry Pratchett

“I suppose my mother could have been a witch if she had chosen to. But she met my father, who was a rather saintly…

— Mary Stewart

“She couldn't be the prince, and she'd never be a princess, and she didn't want to be a woodcutter, so she'd be the witch…

— Terry Pratchett

“The craft was dangerous and unpredictable, and witches were difficult to control, for they had minds of their own and didn’t hold to keeping…

— Alice Hoffman

“You couldn’t set out to be a good witch or a bad witch. It never worked for long. All you could try to be…

— Terry Pratchett

“We all know the story. We heard it not long after the Night of Fire and Wind. You were the low born library girl…

— Elise Kova

“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

“Ah, the magic of books. The kind of magic that had nothing to do with witches or spells or charms. And was perhaps even…

— Heather Blake

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

— Inglath Cooper

“A lot of help she was. Weren't witches supposed to have power? If you asked me Noel seemed more like a glorified gothic librarian.”

— Tara A. Fuller