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But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.

— Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

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There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

The first thing you learn in life is you’re a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you’re the same fool.

Dandelion Wine (1957)

Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.

Speech at Brown University (1995)

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953)

Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.

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You can never plan the future by the past.

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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
But an eternal now does always last.

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