“A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.” IdeasBooksCensorshipBanned BooksIntellectual FreedomFreedom To ReadBanned Books Week Author:Ellen Hopkins
“Well, the man who first translated the bible into English was burned at the stake, and they've been at it ever since. Must be all that adultery, murder and incest. But not to worry. It's back on the shelves.” IdeasBooksCensorshipBanned BooksIntellectual FreedomFreedom To ReadBanned Books Week Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the school library would be close to empty.” LibraryCensorshipBanned BooksCensorsBanned Books WeekJudy Blume Author:Judy Blume
“I'm not, like, a book guy, but isn't the point of all this book stuff like what Ms. Croft was teaching us -- that unrestricted access to books allows us to be challenged and changed? To learn new things and to critically think about those things and not be afraid of them? To be better than we were before we read them?” Banned BooksBanned Books WeekBook BanBanning BooksSuggested Reading Book:Suggested Reading Source: Suggested Reading
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins, my sin, my soul, Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth.” ClassicsLolitaVladimir Nabokov2 5 StarBanned Books Week Author:Vladimir Nabokov