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

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

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.

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

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.

I lost a child, " she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.

No matter what people are struggling with, or based on whatever. Sexuality, ethnicity, economic status, size. I don't wish smallness for anyone. It's a terrible place to live.

I've got two places I like to be. Portugal is one.

I'm not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain't me.

We chase the reward, we get the reward and then we discover that the true reward is always the next reward. Buying pleasure is a false end.

I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.

Wise man is the rooster of the universe: He awakens the unawake!

Always welcome your customer's scorn. This rule says read the complaint letters. Categorize them. Decide how you are going to wipe them out.

The photographer both loots and preserves, denounces and consecrates.

Doing the little things can make a big difference.