Whenever I begin reading a new book, I am embarking on a new, uncharted journey with an unmarked destination. I never know where a particular book will take me, toward what other books I will be led.

The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?

No one should ever finish a book they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is.

Simply adored Timothy Schaffert's The Coffins of Little Hope: the voice of Essie, the narrator, is terrific & the last line blew me away.

I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs.

I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is a better way.

Sin is like a journey, it begins with one step.

We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped.

Education is only like good culture,--it changes the size, but not the sort.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill.

We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?

Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

I think anything you do that's different, that doesn't take the typical approach, invites differing opinions.

I love social media and the ability to connect to new people through Twitter and Facebook and share my real time experiences with my mommy network.