Katie Graham

“Libraries level the playing field. They’re free and open to the public. All are welcome. Our doors are open. Come in and learn to become your best self. Follow your dreams and reach your true potential. Let your reach exceed your grasp. Whatever book you want to read, it’s free on the honor system. It’s hard to imagine anywhere else in our society so devoted to the concept of everyone being completely equal.”
― James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

“In the United States, fascism is on the rise. Libraries are under attack. Some pundits ask why universities bother with departments that don’t just teach students to write computer code. Violent bigotry is fashionable again, and for many people, the appeal of politics is the opportunity to impose cruelty on others. The admonition to remember has never seemed so important.”
― Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

“The Jewish poet Heinrich Heine was right to say, “Those who burn books will, in the end, burn people.” In 1933, Hitler gave the order to burn books. In 1941, he gave the order to burn people.”
― Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

“Alakazam BIOS discography Philadelphia a la disco," I said, stomping right in front of the invaders, hands on my hips. "Nitrogen! I.E. polyester Garfunkle'n Garfield!”
― Brandon Sanderson