Chris Grabenstein Quotes & Sayings

A library doesn't need windows, Andrew. We have books, which are windows into worlds we never even dreamed possible. — Chris Grabenstein

But the player librarians all over the country were raving about most was Marjory Muldauer from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. A gangly seventh grader, a foot taller than any of her competitors, Marjory Muldauer had memorized the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system before she entered preschool. — Chris Grabenstein

I figure when you come to a crossroads, you have a choice: right turn, left turn, straight ahead. Or you can just pull over to the side of the road and call it quits. But if you've got a good stretch of road up ahead and someone fun to travel it with, why stay stuck in the galdern ditch? — Chris Grabenstein

Books need to have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to come alive. — Chris Grabenstein

Because, my dear friends, these twelve children have lived their entire lives without a public library. As a result, they have no idea how extraordinarily useful, helpful, and funful - a word I recently invented - a library can be. This is their chance to discover that a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow!" -Mr. Lemoncello — Chris Grabenstein

We all make mistakes. That's why my pencil has an eraser. — Chris Grabenstein

Some people refuse to accept the limits given to them by others. — Chris Grabenstein