97 Quotes by Genevieve Cogman

All her life she had been taught that the Language allowed its users to shape reality.

Oh well, hindsight always had all the best ideas.

Many were reacting to the crisis by getting drunk, and Irene couldn’t blame them. It was a perfectly reasonable response to the situation, and it was supporting local businesses. A win–win situation.

Let’s not borrow trouble till it’s actually here.

Maybe if Irene uses the Language – how did you get here? We’re down in the far end of chaos.

Irene had no objection to stealing a good strategy, any more than to stealing a good book.

Irene felt a desperate surge of nostalgia for her Library. Her life was more than just airship chases, cyborg alligator attacks, and hanging out with this alternate universe’s nearest analogue to Sherlock Holmes. She was a Librarian, and the deepest, most fundamental part of her life involved a love of books. 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.

Very strongly tied to Europe, which is why CENSOR has an English name and acronym. It did attempt to leave the European Union last year, but apparently that was prompted by demonic interference. A lot of politicians were subsequently tried for treason and beheaded at the Tower of London.

She just wanted – had always wanted – a good book to read.