National Librarian Day is observed annually on April 16 to honor those who help in cataloging and reshelving books. Librarians play an important role in the lives of those who love to read and often visit a library.

Here are some inspirational quotes about libraries and librarians, courtesy bookriot.com.

1. "Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open." — Laura Bush

2. "[Librarians] are subversive. You think they’re just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They’re like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn’t mess with them." — Michael Moore

3. "Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them." — Nicholas Meyer

4. "When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian." — Joan Bauer

5. "I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets." —Heraclitus

6. "Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind." — Richard Powers

7. "Never argue with a librarian; they know too much." — Carole Nelson Douglas

8. "Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging knowledge, good memories, organization and analytical aptitude, and discretion." — Marilyn Johnson

9. "Librarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in need." — Judy Blume

10. "Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons." — Sarah J. Maas

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A parent was removed from an Orange County School Board meeting after he read aloud passage from a graphic novel that included sexual language and images. In photo: representation of a library. AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
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