“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)

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