"A great library doesn't have to be big or beautiful. It doesn't have to have the best facilities or the most efficient staff or the most users. A great library provides. It is enmeshed in the life of a community in a way that makes it indispensable. A great library is one nobody notices because it is always there, and always has what people need."
— Vicki Myron (Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World)

"A library after closing is a lonely place. It is heart-poundingly silent, and the rows of shelves create an almost unfathomable number of dark and creepy corners."
— Vicki Myron

"For years, I thought I had done that for Dewey. I thought that was my story to tell. And I had done that. When Dewey was hurt, cold, and crying, I was there. I held him. I made sure everything was all right.
But that's only a sliver of the truth. The real truth is that for all those years, on the hard days, the good days, and all the unremembered days that make up the pages of the real book of our lives, Dewey was holding me."
— Vicki Myron (Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World)

"That's life. We all go through the tractor blades now and then. We all get bruised, and we all get cut. Sometimes the blade cuts deep. The lucky ones come through with a few scratches, a little blood, but even that isn't the most important thing. The most important thing is having someone there to scoop you up, to hold you tight, and to tell you everything is all right."
— Vicki Myron (Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World)

"Sometimes one decision changes your life, and it doesnt have to be one you make yourself-or even know about."
— Vicki Myron

"everone has a pain thermometer that goes from zero to ten. No one will make a change until they reach ten. n wont do it. At nine you are still afraid. Only ten will move you, and when you're therw, you'll know. No one can make that decision for you."
— Vicki Myron

"There is nothing on God's green earth that someone won't complain about including both God and green earth."
— Vicki Myron

"And right then I realised that she was right. The good, the bad, that's just life. Let it go. There's no need to fret about the past. The question is: who are you going to share it with tomorrow?"
— Vicki Myron (Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World)