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“The atmosphere of the place soothed her automatically; the rich lantern lights, the sheer scent of paper and leather, and the fact that everywhere she looked, there were books, books, beautiful books.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Invisible Library

“Johnson! Have I committed any illegal actions?'
Johnson checked his watch. 'Not within the last three minutes, sir.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Invisible Library

“What business is it of mine if they should want to kill each other? I’d say they both show excellent judgement.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Lost Plot (2017), Chapter 24 (p. 284)
Context: “Sounds about right to me,” Evariste said harshly. “Not my circus, not my monkeys. If they want to tear each other to bits, they can get on with it, and good luck to them.”

“There were clear class divisions among the protestors: the upper-class ones stood back and gave the orders, while the lower-class ones did the actual work. Some things didn’t change, no matter how many worlds you visited.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Lost Plot (2017), Chapter 17 (p. 215)

“The news was highly coloured, even if the print was black and white.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Lost Plot (2017), Chapter 9 (p. 118)

“They blew up a library. They haven’t just offended me, they have attacked and insulted every single citizen of this place who used that library, who contributed to it, who even so much as might have used it someday in the future.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Lost Plot (2017), Chapter 7 (p. 89)

Genevieve Cogman Quotes about people

“There were things to do, people to see, questions to ask. Books to read.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 27 (p. 354)

“I have spent most of my life preferring books to people. Just because I like a few specific people doesn’t change anything.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 24 (p. 322)
Context: “I have spent most of my life preferring books to people,” Irene said sharply. “Just because I like a few specific people doesn’t change anything.”

“Here and there people sat at desks, carefully turning the pages of manuscripts, or unrolling scrolls and making notes. It comforted her. This is a place built to store books, by people who wanted to preserve books, and used by people who want to read those books. I am not alone.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Masked City (2015), Chapter 16 (p. 210)

“You can’t trust people in power, dearie. They’ll say whatever they want, all the witnesses will be paid to agree, and then you’re behind bars till the end of your days. Or worse.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Mortal Word (2018), Chapter 20 (p. 294)

Genevieve Cogman Quotes

“Oh, history...you’ll be talking about reality next, as if it were something special too.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Masked City (2015), Chapter 15 (p. 201)

Reality , History

“It was only a hypothesis, but it made an uncomfortable amount of sense.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Masked City (2015), Chapter 12 (p. 156)

Sense

“[Irene] hated trusting to luck. It was no substitute for good planning and careful preparation.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Masked City (2015), Chapter 11 (p. 141)

Hate

“She wasn’t actually going to lie, but there was…well, there might be an element of flexibility.”

Genevieve Cogman The Invisible Library

Source: The Invisible Library (2015), Chapter 23 (p. 322)

Lie

“She’d sort things out later. She’d explain things later. Right now she just had to make sure there would be a later.”

Genevieve Cogman The Invisible Library

Source: The Invisible Library (2015), Chapter 13 (p. 174)

“Blind faith is just another word for slavery.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 25 (p. 338)

Faith

“The problem with paranoia was that if you let it rule all your decisions, then you would miss some perfectly good opportunities.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 24 (p. 315)

Problem , Decision

“Maybe it’s like being a parent, you never really see your children as adults.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 12 (p. 145)
Context: Maybe it’s like being a parent,” she said, bringing up a Library map. “You never really see your children as adults. “You’re exaggerating,” Kai said, with the easy confidence of someone who hadn’t tested the issue yet.

Parent , Children

“There were so many possible logical holes in that statement that Irene could have used it as a tea-strainer.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 6 (pp. 64-65)

Tea

“Sometimes the obvious answer is the true answer.”

Genevieve Cogman

Source: The Mortal Word (2018), Chapter 8 (p. 111)