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There they go, off to Venus, just for the ride, thinking that they will find a planet like a seer's crystal, in which to read a miraculous future. What they'll find, instead, is the somewhat shopworn image of themselves. Mars is a mirror, not a crystal.

— Ray Bradbury

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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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