Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)

by Rachel Caine

A handwritten annotation to the letter, in the hand of Callimachus. His divine wisdom can kiss my common arse. We blind and hobble half of the world through such ignorance, and I will not have it. Women shall study at the Serapeum as they might be inclined. Let him execute me if he wishes, but I have seen enough of minds wasted in this world. I have a daughter. My daughter will learn.

You have ink in your blood, boy, and no help for it. Books will never be just a business to you.”

I must acquire my own information, build my own knowledge, and, through experience, transform it to the treasured gold of wisdom.