“Pimps make the best librarians.”

“Pimps make the best librarians. Psycho killers, the worst. Ditto conmen. Gangsters, gun runners, bank robbers – adept at crowd control, at collaborating with a small staff, at planning with deliberation and executing with contained fury – all possess the librarian’s basic skill set. Scalpers and loan sharks certainly have a role to play. But even they lack that something, the je ne sais quoi, the elusive it. What would a pimp call it? Yes: the love.”

“Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians.”

“Why was it librarians had such a prim image? With all the information available in books right there at their fingertips, librarians could be the best-informed people around. About anything.”

“Librarians are your very best friend. And don't ever think otherwise.”

“The Librarian liked being best man. You were allowed to kiss bridesmaids, and they weren't allowed to run away.”