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

Jandy Nelson

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Jandy Nelson
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
Writer
New York City
New York
Watching
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Heard
Dies
Someone
Burns
Right
Burn
Time
Library
Ground

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