Mary

“The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.”
― Seth Godin, Stop Stealing Dreams

“The Leningrad Public Library remained open throughout the siege and became a place for people to congregate.

The heat in the library gave out early, and the plumbing eventually froze and burst. In late January, the building finally lost its electricity. The librarians still searched the shadowed stacks with lanterns, and, when they ran our of oil, with burning pieces of wood. They still served patrons and sought out the answers to practical questions posed by the city government: alternative methods of making matches or candles, forgotten sources of edible yeast.”
― M. T. Anderson

“We can trust no one. In a regime where words are watched, lies are rewarded, and silence is survival, there is no truth.”
― M. T. Anderson

“The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love.”
― William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember