All her knowledge is gone now. Everything she ever learned, or heard, …

Jandy Nelson
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All her knowledge is gone now. Everything she ever learned, or heard, or saw. Her particular way of looking at Hamlet or daisies or thinking about love, all her private intricate thoughts, her inconsequential secret musings – they’re gone too. I heard this expression once: Each time someone dies, a library burns. I’m watching it burn right to the ground. ✨ Jandy Nelson (2010). The Sky Is Everywhere, p.101, Penguin
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