"We shouldn’t be playing politics. We should be focusing on what’s important."

"Don’t you realize you have a responsibility to other people to look after yourself?"

"“Are there other Librarian ghosts here?” she asked. “Ghosts? Yes, I suppose that’s the best word for it. Collections …"

"“I met one (that is, a dragon) once,” Irene said. “What did you talk about?” “He complimented me on my literary taste…"

"She did find that the books displayed prominently in every chamber had been dusted, but the spines were pristine and …"

"She’d sort things out later. She’d explain things later. Right now she just had to make sure there would be a later."

"The atmosphere of the place soothed her automatically; the rich lantern-lights, the sheer scent of paper and leather,…"

"She was a Librarian, and the deepest, most fundamental part of her life involved a love of books. Right now, she want…"

"She wasn’t actually going to lie, but there was…well, there might be an element of flexibility."

"“There is no truth to peace,” she said. “Peace is at best a brief interlude between hostilities. The treaties which m…"