“The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.”
“The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work in a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.”
“She's a librarian, Sim said. They're not teachers; don't give you half as much hassle. If there's a fire in the school and I've got to choose who I'm gonna save - a teacher or a librarian - the teacher's gonna burn every time.(p. 24)”
“The real failure is not the one who falls down, it's the one who refuses to get up.”
“The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves.”
“Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill.”