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Don Borchert


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Biographies & Memoirs


Don Borchert is an assistant librarian in suburban Los Angeles. He lives in Lomita, California.

Before working in the library, Don was a short-order cook, door-to-door salesman, telemarketer, and Christmas-tree-chopper.

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Average rating: 3.52 · 3,152 ratings · 714 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
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“I do not understand people who will lustily throw $40,000 at the shiny red automobile of their choice, but well up with tears and become outraged when they are asked to pay $5 for a damaged videotape. Either they are fucked up and their priorities are fucked up or I am fucked up and my priorities are fucked up. Because I am me, I think it is them.”
― Don Borchert, Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library
tags: libraries, priorities
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“She still remembers the effect a certain book can have on people at the right time in their lives. A book, at its most mundane,can be a loaded gun. At its most powerful, it can split the trunk of a tree, mend a broken heart, heal the sick, and topple a corrupt government.”
― Don Borchert, Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library
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“The library knows that it is a temporary fix. We have a stamp for the inside front cover: BROKEN SPINE NOTED. It is like a bracelet worn by a diabetic. When you return the book with this message stamped inside, we know you're not the one responsible for this horrible thing. It was some other bastard before you. The book has a preexisting condition.”
― Don Borchert
tags: books, damaged, library, patrons
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