This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them.

The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.

In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.

Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them!

Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.

There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying to conjure them up.

We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone.

They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons and themselves.

Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them.

What makes a human being want to kill another who has done him no personal harm? Patriotism.

Every book is a world.

We prayed the moon would unstopper long enough to suck us through to the other side so we could see how dull the stars were at their backsides.

The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time.

Men have no concept of how to design things for the home. Women should design the things they use.

A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

Opportunities present themselves to me. That's how my whole life has been pretty much. I've been lucky.

To those who don't think defense is important, you'll get the best seat on the bench.

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

I was in the back part of the bunker, so I had to carry the whole bunker. It was probably 20 yards.