“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” #5 (tie) on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. See what we are doing about it at Re:faith.
“You sometimes don’t know you exist until you realize someone like you existed before.” #2 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. Come see what we are doing about it at Re:
“But you gotta live your own life. You gotta take care a your own sh*t before you get started doing things for errybody else.” #10 (tie) on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. See what we are doing about it at Re:faith. Contrary to political rhetoric, banning books […]
“Visibility is power, and our existence challenges societal norms.” #1 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. Come see what we are doing about it at Re:
“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part…. you’re messing with their entire life. Everything…affects everything.” #3 on the American Library Association’s list of top 100 most banned and challenged books, 2010-2019. See […]
“Whispering makes a narrow place narrower.” #68 on the American Library Association’s list of top 100 most banned and challenged books, 2010-2019, but really making a move since then. See what we are doing about it at Re:
“Not sure if there is a God or why some all-powerful being would give half a damn about the likes of me.” – from Tricks by Ellen Hopkins, a frequently banned book#98 on the American Library Association’s list of top 100 most banned and challenged books, 2010-2019, but more recently among the top ten in Iowa, […]
“George and Harold were usually responsible kids. Whenever anything bad happened, George and Harold were usually responsible.” – from The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey, a frequently banned book#2 on the American Library Association’s list of top 100 most banned and challenged books, 2010-2019
“My grandmother’s greatest gift was tolerance. Now, in the old days, Indians used to be forgiving of any kind of eccentricity. In fact, weird people were often celebrated. Epileptics were often shamans because people just assumed that God gave seizure-visions to the lucky ones. Gay people were seen as magical too. I mean, like in […]
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch, from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a frequently banned book#15 on the American Library Association’s list of top 100 most banned and challenged books, […]