The Librarian of Burned Books
Brianna Labuskes
Top 10 Best Quotes
“can tell you that banning books, burning books, blocking books is often used as a way to erase a people, a belief system, a culture,” Hannah said. “To say these voices don’t belong here, even when those writers represent the very best of a country. “I can”
“There are moments in life when you have to put what is right over what party you vote for. And if you can’t recognize those moments when the stakes are low—let me assure you, you won’t recognize them when the stakes are high. Thank you.”
“Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.”
“When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humor and ships at sea by night—there’s all heaven and earth in a book.”
“There are bigger things in this world than politics,” Althea continued. “There are bigger things in this world than scoring a win for your side just to score a win for your side.”
“The way to judge people wasn’t to look at how they acted toward people they wanted to impress; it was to look at the way they treated those who could do nothing for them.”
“The men who sought violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation.”
“The men who sough violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation.”
“Nazis are portrayed in propaganda as ignorant anti-intellectuals. But the leaders know just how powerful knowledge is. That’s why they want to control it so strictly.”
“I can tell you that banning books, burning books, blocking books is often used as a way to erase people, a belief system, or culture.”
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books, historical-fiction, book-censorship, world-war-2
