And to love such a librarian requires a surrendering to her eccentricities, a bowing to her pathological quietness, an obeisance to a reticence that is utterly untreatable. If you cannot commit to this sort of dedication, then let her be. Let her wander in wonder among her books and live out her days in her own world without you.

Like a good American, I wanted to sue somebody. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited.

Librarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in need

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public . . . Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy.

It's a great place to be a pelican.

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.