The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

by Genevieve Cogman

Panic is the antithesis to good organization. Panic is messy. I am against panic on a point of principle.”

This seemed like yet another situation that could be resolved by running away.

The only problem is that it’s difficult to imagine something entirely new. We use the words and definitions of the past to shape our ideas. Something that is genuinely the next evolutionary step is unlikely to resemble anything we can imagine.

And the marks from her nosebleed all down her bodice proved that cold water didn’t always get rid of bloodstains.

The problem with paranoia was that if you let it rule all your decisions, then you would miss some perfectly good opportunities.

thinning like a monk’s tonsure,