Amanda Jones > Quotes

“if we only talk about things that make us comfortable, we can never grow.”
― Amanda Jones, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

“When politics and image are more important than standing up for colleagues and friends, we are in a world of trouble.”
― Amanda Jones, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

“Running your mouth on social media is weak, but collecting knowledge is power.”
― Amanda Jones, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

“What the general public needs to know is that these people won’t just stop at censoring books or ruining libraries. They will continue to wreak havoc on our public education system until it is irreversibly broken. White Christian nationalists want to decide for everyone what is allowed.”
― Amanda Jones, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

“why random strangers go online to put down, troll, threaten, and defame people who they’ve never met. Do they wake up and think to themselves, “I wonder who I can ruin today to make myself feel better to fill the hole in my life?”
― Amanda Jones, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

“the challengers often have never even read the books.”
― Amanda Jones, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America