"It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places,
where we are shushed by dusty,
bun-balancing, bespectacled women.
The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.
Librarians have stood
up to the Patriot Act, sat down with noisy toddlers and reached
out to illiterate adults.
Libraries can never be shushed." ~Paula Poundstone
