97 Quotes by Genevieve Cogman

I will have some tea fetched. That is your society does drink tea? Always, Irene said.

Here, you carry these. I may need my hands free.Why the hell are we taking ‘The Dream of the Red Chamber?’ Light reading, if we get stuck on the subway?No, in case we get stopped by some of Qing Song’s minions who can’t read Chinese.Oh. Right. Hey, that’s not a bad thought. Though if we’re going to be throwing them away anyhow, why not take ‘The Investiture of the Gods’...Because I like ‘The Investiture of the Gods’ and I don’t like ‘The Dream of the Red Chamber’.

Stories matter - telling them, sharing them, preserving them, changing them, learning from them, and escaping with and through them. We learn about ourselves and the world that we live in through fiction just as much as through facts. Empathy, perception and understanding are never wasted. All libraries are a gateway into other worlds, including the past - and the future.

It is my theory that the greater truths underlying life and death can be best be understood as a parable--that is, as a fiction.

Irene made a private mental resolution that if she ever became a queen, her throne would incorporate a cushion. Also a convenient bookcase.

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

We have to report this." Kai sighed deeply in relief. "I was afraid you were going to say that we had to investigate it ourselves.

Die Aufgabe einer Anführerin war ein Eimer voll Scheiße.

She occasionally daydreamed about being the sort of character in a story who could faint and leave everyone else to sort things out. But that wasn’t going to happen.