Lisa Mandina

“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“September 11
We thought we'd outdistanced history
Told our children it was nowhere near;
Even when history struck Columbine,
It didn't happen here.

We took down the maps in the classroom,
And when they were safely furled,
We told the young what they wanted to hear,
That they were immune from a menacing world.

But history isn't a folded-up map,
Or an unread textbook tome;
Now we know history's a fireman's child
Waiting at home alone.”
― Richard Peck, Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young

“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
― Walter Cronkite

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero