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Quotes About Library

all of us who are sealed to the Library are people who have chosen this way of life because we love books. None of us wanted to save worlds. I mean, not that we object to saving worlds..." She shrugged, picking up her teacup again "We want books. We love books. We live with books.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Panic is the last thing we can afford," Coppelia said. "Panic will have everyone rushing off in different directions to try to 'save the Library.' Panic is the antithesis to good organization. Panic is messy. I am against panic on a point of principle.
~ Genevieve Cogman
She remembered the conversation in the Library, as forgetting was the last thing a fully-trained Librarian should do. Memories were as important as books, and almost as important as proper indexing.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Then what is the purpose of the Library?" Vale asked. "To save books," Irene said firmly.
~ Genevieve Cogman
And here in the Library, even if our outer layer is order, we have an inner heart of chaos. We read too much for it to be anything else.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Panic will have everyone rushing off in different directions to try to 'save the Library.' Panic is the antithesis to good organization. Panic is messy. I am against panic on a point of principle.
~ Genevieve Cogman
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.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Alberich was a figure out of nightmare. He was the one Librarian who'd betrayed the Library and got away with it and was still somewhere out there.
~ Genevieve Cogman
This sense of possibility might not last, of course Nothing ever did. But she wasn't going to spoil it by looking too far ahead. They were safe in the Library, and the Library would endure.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Si trattava di trovare delle opere uniche di narrativa e salvarle, portandole in un luogo fuori dal tempo e dallo spazio.
~ Genevieve Cogman
That instead of running directly back to your assigned world and your work – and your prince – you're staying in the Library for long enough to have coffee. And not just a cup, but a whole pot. Has it been a bad few days?
~ Genevieve Cogman
We note that the Library has not had fire alarm drills for the last two hundred years. This is because we found the two default responses unhelpful. These being "running away screaming" or "resigning yourself to death while clutching your favourite books." Librarians with more useful suggestions should contact Yves via email and attach a full benefit-threat analysis.
~ Genevieve Cogman
She was in the Library. Not just any library, but the Library.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Living outside the Library was never safe. Flying sleighs could come out of nowhere and hit you, however careful you were.
~ Genevieve Cogman
The Library runs on conspiracy theory. Admit nothing, deny everything, then find out what's going on and publish a paper on the subject. It's not as if they can stop you doing that.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Alla fine della giornata, riportare il libro che la biblioteca vuole è il mio dovere e il mio onore, e questo è tutto ciò che conta davvero.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Tutti noi siamo vincolati alla Biblioteca, siamo persona che hanno scelto questa vita perché amano i libri.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Ambian?a o lini?ti automat: lumina abundent? a felinarelor, mirosul de hârtie ?i piele ?i faptul c?, oriunde privea, vedea numai c?r?i, c?r?i ?i iar c?r?i.
~ Genevieve Cogman
We want books. We love books. We live with books.
~ Genevieve Cogman
Natural causes - it's all at the back of the report; she was in a traffic accident. Hit by a crashing flying sleigh. The sleigh was flying, that is, and then it crashed.' The thought gave her a little unwanted shudder. Living outside the Library was never safe. Flying sleighs could come out of nowhere and hit you, however careful you were.
~ Genevieve Cogman
the Library has not had fire alarm drills for the last two hundred years. This is because we found the two default responses unhelpful. These being "running away screaming" or "resigning yourself to death while clutching your favourite books.
~ Genevieve Cogman
You mean me entering the Library may have destroyed the universe?" Catherine asked. "You don't need to sound quite so impressed by it," Irene chided. "It's not something you want on your yearly performance review.
~ Genevieve Cogman
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.
~ Genevieve Cogman
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.
~ Genevieve Cogman