# Quote — Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page

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

- Author: [Genevieve Cogman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman.md)
- Book: [The Burning Page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-burning-page.md)
- Page: 315
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Genevieve_Cogman#The_Burning_Page_(2016)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-burning-page/the-problem-with

## More from this book

> Blind faith is just another word for slavery.

p. 338 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-burning-page/blind-faith-is-just.md)

> There were things to do, people to see, questions to ask. Books to read.

p. 354 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-burning-page/there-were-things.md)

> “I have spent most of my life preferring books to people,” Irene said sharply. “Just because I like a few specific people doesn’t change anything.”

p. 322 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-burning-page/i-have-spent.md)