23 Banned Book Quotes to Fire You Up
For almost 2000 years, people have been banning books in one way or another—the history of book burning goes at least as far back as 213 BCE. And while we've come quite a long way from those times, people still continue to ban books today.
That's why each September we celebrate our freedom to read with Banned Books Week, an event hosted by the American Library Association. To help get you in the spirit year round, below are 23 powerful quotes about the futility of banning books.
1. “Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.” ―Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
2. "What I tell kids is, Don't get mad, get even. Don't spend time waving signs or carrying petitions around the neighborhood. Instead, run, don't walk, to the nearest nonschool library or to the local bookstore and get whatever it was that they banned. Read whatever they're trying to keep out of your eyes and your brain, because that's exactly what you need to know.” ―Stephen King
3. “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” ―Joseph Brodsky
(just a few to get you started. Read the rest at the link.)
https://earlybirdbooks.com/banned-books-quotes
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