You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope.

When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it's worth getting a few dark circles, don't you think?

When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.

A heart will say amazing things if it's given half a chance.

Staring down hard truth takes guts.

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.

Literature not only illuminated another's experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection

Screw the shops

Hypotheses like professors, when they are seen not to work any longer in the laboratory, should disappear.

I slept so long and hard that when my mother woke me the next morning I was a stranger to myself.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.

You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

We lack rituals in this modern world.

Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.