“What is known as history is vitally important to every American. Those who write our histories and preserve our stories have a tremendous effect on our futures… If history is not recorded and made known – if the contributions women made to the freedom of America by serving on the front lines of World War II are not recorded and remembered – women could be doomed to a gigantic board game in which each new generation must return to “start” and prove itself anew.”
– E.M. Monahan & R.N. Greenlee, “And if I Perish”

“[I] learned about life through novels… There you find all the great unwritten laws that govern mankind… From the serial novels to the greatest classics, all novels are reality in the guise of dreams.”
– Coco Chanel

“A book is like a trapdoor that leads to a secret attic: You can open it and go inside. And your world is different.”
– A. Iturbe, “the Librarian of Auschwitz”