Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)

by Rachel Caine

Jess had never imagined that someone would be so empty that they’d need to destroy something that precious to feel full.

There are three parts to learning: information, knowledge, and wisdom. A mere accumulation of information is not knowledge, and a treasure of knowledge is not, in itself, wisdom.

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of the past centuries.

“Don’t play to your strengths,” Jess told her. “Strengthen your weaknesses.”

“Not all knowledge is books. Those out there, they’re history in stone. Men carved them. Men sweated in this sun to put them there, to make their city more beautiful. Who are you to say what’s worthy for men to see today, or tomorrow?” “You’re an irreligious bastard,” Portero said. “I knew you would be.” “I’m as good a Catholic as you,” Jess said. “I just don’t hold with making the world into copies of what I like.”