...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.

Every old man that dies is a library that burns.

— Amadou Hampate Ba

All her knowledge is gone now. Everything she ever learned, or heard, or saw. Her particular way of looking at Hamlet or daisies or…

— Jandy Nelson

Each time someone dies, a library burns.

— Jandy Nelson

“The tale is, in large part, our capital. I was nourished on tales...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.”

— Simone Schwarz-Bart

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

— Alex Haley

Each time one of the medicine men dies, it's as if a library has burned down.

— Mark Plotkin

As a kid, death seemed boring to me. As an adult, I think that it seems more like a waste of everything. Somebody once…

— Stephen King

The dog always dies. Go to the library and pick out a book with an award sticker and a dog on the cover. Trust…

— Gordon Korman

“Each time someone dies, a library burns by John Lennon "the Sky is everywhere”

— Jandy Nelson

When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.

— Chinua Achebe

In Africa, when an old man dies, it's a library burning.

— Amadou Hampate Ba

“Whenever an elder dies, a library burns down.”

— Amadou Hampâté Bâ

I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are…

— Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey

I heard this expression once: Each time someone dies, a library burns. I'm watching it burn right to the ground.

— Jandy Nelson

Every time a shaman dies, it is as if a library burned down.

— Mark Plotkin