“You can’t destroy knowledge. You can stamp it under and burn it up and forbid it to be, but somewhere it will survive.”

— Leigh Brackett, book The Long Tomorrow

Source: The Long Tomorrow (1955), Chapter 21

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American novelist and screenwriter 1915–1978

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“Fear is like a fire in your belly. Controlled, it warms you and keeps you alive. Uncontrolled, it burns and destroys you.”

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“You love each other – anyone can see that, looking at you – that kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory.”

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“I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.”

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“Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you.”

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“You can’t destroy knowledge. You can stamp it under and burn it up and forbid it to be, but somewhere it will survive.”

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