"In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery."

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Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2005). “The Jane Austen Book Club”, p.213, Penguin

Karen Joy Fowler

#Special Quotes #Likes Quotes #Mystery Quotes

“All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.”
“It can be exalting to belong to a church that is five hundred years behind the times and sublimely indifferent to fashion; it is mortifying to belong to a church that is five minutes behind the times, huffing and puffing to catch up.”
“I have tremendous faith in theuniverse. I feel at home on this planet. Even though it's a very big world out there, I plan on walking right through the middle of it unharmed.”
“The break from the supposedly culturally-narrow religious bases of knowledge in favor of supposedly trans-cultural scientific bases of knowledge served as the self-justification of a particularly pernicious form of cultural imperialism.”
“Uh, what are you doing?â€ â€œNothing much. Just erasing all of Calindaâ€™s good grades and replacing them with incompletes. Eventually, the administrators will figure out what happened, but Iâ€™m making it look like a computer error. Still, I imagine sheâ€™ll get some nasty lectures from her profs and parents in the meantime.”
“All kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society.”
“People who talk about peace are very often the most quarrelsome.”
“I love 'Training Day' - that's a great movie.”

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