The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The deeper we each read, the more we would understand about this world”
“I still believe. I still believe that someday there will be equality in this country. That someday there will be a new civil rights act, and a new president and Congress to enforce it. That everyone will be able to follow their dream, regardless of race. That those words about the equality of men in the Declaration of Independence will be true.”
“One day, Belle, we will be able to reach back through the decades and claim you as one of our own. Your accomplishments will be part of history; they’ll show doubtful white people what colored people can do. Until that time, live your life proudly.”
“The tie between parent and child is unbreakable, despite the sort of relationship they actually shared.”
“Never apologize for intellectual curiosity or the appreciation of fine art, Miss Greene.”
“Changing your name is easy. Changing your soul is impossible.”
“My plan is to turn the Pierpont Morgan Library from a private library into a public institution so that thousands and thousands of people will see the beauty and significance of the early written word—the importance of reading and books as a great equalizer among humankind.”
“In order to assimilate with this crowd, I must be bold, daring to hide my differences in plain sight.”
“The rich Renaissance artwork, with its freshly hewn three-dimensionality and deep allegorical meaning, transported me away from myself and my reality to a time and place where true genius was possible, a time like and yet unlike our own. And I knew I had to help transport others in turn. That’s why I first began writing.”
“That we should not be defined by how many drops of African blood run in our veins, but”
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