Librarians Quote Quotes

“Of all the places I have walked into, libraries must be the most magical. Have you ever opened the cover of a book and wondered what you would find inside? Where you would go? Whom you would meet? A story has the power to send you back in time or into the future, to transport you to other lands and kingdoms. I’ve met ogres, talking rabbits, and some of my best friends in the pages of books.
Librarians might just have the best jobs ever. With each library card they hand out, they offer a ticket to strange and marvelous worlds. Open a book and, like Reading Beauty, you might fall under a spell—the magic of a deep read. But chances are, unlike the Sleeping Beauty of the original fairy tale, you will never want the spell to be broken.”
― Kimberly Long Cockroft, Reading Beauty

“This should be a librarian’s job, of course, but you can’t trust people who read that much.”
― Anthony Marra, The Tsar of Love and Techno

“Librarians are always smart, a little nuts, and know how to party.”
― John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder

“Such fascinating things, libraries. She closes her eyes. She could
walk inside and step into a murder, a love story, a complete account
of somebody else’s life, or mutiny on the high seas. Such potential;
such adventure—there’s a shimmer of malfeasance in trying other
ways of being.”
― Ashley Hay, The Railwayman's Wife

“I've been moved back to the library. Administration seems to think they can keep a better eye on me there. I'm not sure they realize that librarians cause more trouble than ANYONE.”
― K.A. Holt, BenBee and the Teacher Griefer

“Never underestimate the ability of a librarian”
― David N. Ofili

“A librarian is one who does it better than Google”
― David N. Ofili

“The Internet would be much easier to use if it is managed by librarians”
― David N. Ofili

“Call me David, you know me well. Call me a Nigerian, I'm happy. But call me a librarian, you have said it all #ProudlyLibrarian”
― David Ofili

“I will give you a book, discovering the world is your job, because I am a librarian, not a discovery master.”
― Abid Hussain

“p. 362 "There are nights I lie awake wondering what the moment was we lost the Germany I knew. Some might point to the invasion of Poland ... There are a million such moments. Kristallnacht, the Night of the long Knives, the Jewish boycotts, the race laws ... But sometimes I think it was the moment right before the gasoline was poured on the books. The moment the most educated country in the world willingly, joyously, wholeheartedly turned away from knowledge.”
― Brianna Labuskes

“You're a librarian. A librarian is a public treasure. A respected community resource. A goddamn saint in my book.”
― Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy