‘Because in one universe you have always been there. The book will never be returned, so to speak. It becomes less of a loan and more of a gift.’
The moment you decide you want that life, really want it, then everything that exists in your head now,
including this Midnight Library, will eventually be a memory so vague and intangible it will hardly be there at all.’
One of the lights flickered overhead. ‘The only danger,’ continued Mrs Elm, more ominously, ‘is when you’re here. Between lives.’
If you lose the will to carry on, it will affect your root life – your original life. And that could lead to the destruction of this place.’
You’d be gone for ever. You’d be dead. And so would your access to all this.’
‘That’s what I want. I want to be dead. I would be dead because I want to be. That’s why I took the overdose. I want to die.’
‘Well, maybe. Or maybe not. After all, you’re still here.’
Nora tried to get her head around this. ‘So, how do I return to the library? If I’m stuck in a life even worse than the one I’ve just left?’
It can be subtle, but as soon as disappointment is felt in full, you’ll come back here.’
‘Sometimes the feeling creeps up, other times it comes all at once.
If it never arrives, you’ll stay put, and you will be happy there, by definition.’
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