# Quote — Genevieve Cogman, The Lost Plot

> There were clear class divisions among the protestors: the upper-class ones stood back and gave the orders, while the lower-class ones did the actual work. Some things didn’t change, no matter how many worlds you visited.

- Author: [Genevieve Cogman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman.md)
- Book: [The Lost Plot](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-lost-plot.md)
- Page: 215
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-lost-plot/there-were-clear

## More from this book

> They blew up a library. A library, Kai. They haven’t just offended me, they have attacked and insulted every single citizen of this place who used that library, who contributed to it, who even so much as might have used it someday in the future.

p. 89 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-lost-plot/they-blew-up-a-library.md)

> “What business is it of mine if they should want to kill each other? I’d say they both show excellent judgement.”
>
> “Sounds about right to me,” Evariste said harshly. “Not my circus, not my monkeys. If they want to tear each other to bits, they can get on with it, and good luck to them.”

p. 284 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-lost-plot/what-business-is.md)

> She’d thought the situation couldn’t get much worse. She’d been wrong. The situation could always get worse.

p. 194 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/genevieve-cogman/the-lost-plot/shed-thought-the.md)