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“You get a lot of borderline cases in libraries.”
“A recurring theme in the book is instinct versus articulation. Although teen services people may know and understand issues on an instinctive level, they must be prepared to articulate these ideas ...”
“The door of Reverend Verringer’s impressive manse is opened by an elderly female with a face like a pine plank; the Reverend is unmarried, and has need of an irreproachable housekeeper. Simon is us...”
“I like libraries. It’s a comfort that knowledge can be saved for so long.”
“Be careful. As if something’s going to jump us in a library.”“You might be surprised.”“What do you mean?”“You know how people say a book is really gripping?”“Don’t tell me…” Cat trailed off.“Librar...”
“Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was the public library.”
“I was pretty sure I'd just had a nerdgasm.”