17 Quotes from The Personal Librarian book by Marie Benedict
Hello and Welcome. This page is a collection of 17 quotes from The Personal Librarian book by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray that I underlined while reading the book. I hope you will like these quotes too.
By the way, I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader, quotes collector and blogger.
The Personal Librarian Quotes
- Since I was a young girl, I've been entranced by early books. The sight of them, the smell of them, the wonderful feel of their covers and pages, and the thrill of the places to which they've traveled and the barriers they've crossed.
- All citizens should be treated the same - whether they are black, white, or colored. That we should not be defined by how many drops of African blood run in our veins, but by our character and our deeds.
- My long days spent in the company of medieval manuscripts and early printed books calm and delight me.
- To my dear children, who will never be able to understand how much they are loved, may each of you thank the good man above for his bounty and for his sometimes capricious ways.
- Never apologize for intellectual curiosity or the appreciation of fine art.
- Society is unkind to unmarried mothers, whether they are white, colored, or black.
- Usually too much of anything is bad - except champagne. Too much champagne is just right.
- Changing your name is easy. Changing your soul is impossible.
- The world I inhabit may not know that I am colored, but there will be some, like this woman, who will discover my secret, and I wish that, in some small way, my achievements will give them hope.
- Looks can be deceiving. There is certainly more to me than meets any man's eyes.
- I wonder why the wealthy entertain on weeknights. Silly, I chide myself. The rich have no obligation to rise early. They can sleep until noon if they wish.
- How strange is the power of geography and law that we could leave New York City as white people but arrive in Washington, DC, as colored.
- Segregation is really just slavery by another name.
- You deserve to be surrounded by art equal to your talent. And beauty.
- It can be quite overwhelming to be always in the presence of great wealth.
- I've never been one to mince words or suffer fools.
- My love for you is a journey that I hope will have no ending.