“Libraries, museums, and schools are fragile institutions.”

“A zoo is a cultural institution. Like a public library, like a museum, it is at the service of popular education and science. And by that token, not much of a money-making venture for the Greater Good and the Greater Profit are not compatible aims.”

“Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.”

“If you want to damage a culture - attack it's libraries. Libraries can be as strong as a tree, but they're as fragile as a flower.”

“One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library..”

“I knew no one was going to chase me for cutting school,especially not in a museum ("Hey,you! What do you think you're doing, hanging out in a cultural institution! Just wait til your parents hear about this!"(, but I still felt a little twitchy.More than that, I felt sad and pretty scared.”