Genevieve Cogman: Place

Genevieve Cogman is novelist and game designer. Explore interesting quotes on place.

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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

Books , Beauty , Light

“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)

People , Books , Reading

“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)

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