“The public library is the most dangerous place in town”
“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.”
“The public library is where place and possibility meet.”
“One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library..”
“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.”
“Controller Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax.”