Jocelyn

“p. 369
An attack on books, on rationality, on knowledge isn't a tempest in a teacup, but rather a canary dead in a coal mine.”
― Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

“p. 363 "We cannot stop individuals who read for the sole purpose of confirming their already closely held beliefs... But we can stop the dictators, the tyrants, the bullies who try to impose that method onto others.”
― Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

“History is built on moments that feel insignificant. p. 364”
― Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

“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