Acknowledgements With grateful thanks
Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers. Gail Carriger
Librarian
I don’t want to
I don’t want to end up a bureaucrat in the time-management business for God or a librarian cataloguing timeless truths. Salvation is kicking in the womb of creation right now, any time now. Pay attention. Eugene H. Peterson
As a child, my
As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. Erma Bombeck
When the going gets
When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies. Erma Bombeck
The Burgess sisters arrived
The Burgess sisters arrived together. Tara and Lainie do a little bit of everything. Sometimes dancers, sometimes actresses. Once they were librarians, but that is a subject they will only discuss if heavily intoxicated. Erin Morgenstern
Once they were librarians,
Once they were librarians, but that is a subject they will only discuss if heavily intoxicated. Erin Morgenstern
the not-so-bookish librarian was
the not-so-bookish librarian was half angel, half she-devil, so sayeth the rumor mill. Ellen Hopkins
The late Queen Victoria
The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, \”Your Majesty, might I please introduce my daughter to you?\” The queen replied, \”I have come here to view the library.\” Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
People think librarians are
People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain climber what he feels when he sees a mountain; a lion tamer what goes through his mind when he meets a new lion; a doctor confronted with a beautiful malfunctioning body. The idea … Read more
Librarian like Stewardess, Certified
Librarian like Stewardess, Certified Public Accountant, Used Car Salesman is one of those occupations that people assume attract a certain deformed personality. Elizabeth McCracken