45 Quotes by Janet Skeslien Charles

Odessans' worst fear is change, because what if we make a change and our situation gets worse?

No man ever steps in the same river twice.” (Attributed to Heraclitus of Ephesus - an Ancient Greek philosopher)

The Library is my haven. I can always find a corner of the stacks to call my own, to read and dream. I want to make sure everyone has that chance, most especially the people who feel different and need a place to call home.

My job is to scream cockle-doodle-doo. Don't blame me if the sun doesn't rise.

Give a man a centimeter and he'll think he's a ruler.

Life’s a brawl. You must fight for what you want.

Libraries are lungs, [...] books the fresh air breathed in to keep the heart beating, to keep the brain imagining, to keep hope alive.

Give a man a centimeter and he’ll think he’s a ruler.

The third computer technician I’d hired walked in wearing Ukrainian cool circa 1996 – carefully ironed jeans that came up past his navel and a brown leather jacket – and introduced himself with the easy smile of a man who still lived with his mother.