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

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.

Are there other Librarian ghosts here?" she asked.
"Ghosts? Yes, I suppose that's the best word for it. Collections of memories, maybe. We are all the sum of our memories, after all.

There were so many possible logical holes in that statement that Irene could have used it as a tea-strainer.