97 Quotes by Genevieve Cogman

We are what we make ourselves.

I plan for the worst,’ Silver said. ‘That way, at least I’m dressed for the occasion.

Right now, she wanted nothing more than to shut the rest of the world out, and have nothing to worry about, except the next page of whatever she was reading.

Management positions always come with ulcers attached.

And then they were inside, and out of the wind, and surrounded by comforting walls and walls of books. The rich, delightful smell of old paper, leather and ink permeated the place, washing away the pettier odours of blood and oil and smog.

You may take it as you wish, Irene said. But I am not giving you my mission, and I am not giving you my student, and if I were the sort of person who kept pet rats, I would not give you my rat. Clear?

A high level of chaos would mean that they could expect to meet the Fae, creatures of chaos and magic, who were able to take form and cause disorder on such a corrupted world. And that was never good news.

All right,” Irene said in the sudden pause. “Everyone stay back, or the cat’s going to regret it.

It goes a bit like this,” Irene said, as they walked towards the stairs. “The first step is, I’ll kill myself before I let him do that to me again. The second step is to say, Wait, it’d be much more practical to kill him rather than kill myself. And there you have it. A sensible plan based on logical choices.