Dies Quote by Jandy Nelson

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

— Chinua Achebe

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

— Amadou Hampâté Bâ

Every death is like the burning of a library.

— Alex Haley

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

“Where one burns books, there one eventually burns people.”

— Heinrich Heine

“Where books are burned, in the end, people will eventually burn too”

— HEINRICH HEINE

“I watched as I burned my life down. Watched it all burn, burn, burn.”

— Tabatha Beshears

“I'm standing in the middle of the greatest arson ever. A library. And I'm not going down without a fight.”

— Nicki Chapelway

“Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people”

— Heinrich Heine

“Where books are burned, they will, in the end, burn people, too.”

— Heinrich Heine

“Sometimes the best way to prevent a burn is by lighting yourself on fire!”

— Chris Colfer

“I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.”

— John Wesley