--- title: "5 Burned Quotes By Ray Bradbury" description: "5 Burned quotes by Ray Bradbury. Plus more from Ray Bradbury and more Burned sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/ray-bradbury-75_after_after-hiroshima-was-bombed-i-saw-a-photo_76654.jpg" --- > [After Hiroshima was bombed, I saw a photograph of the side of a house with the shadows of the people who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/after-hiroshima-was-bombed-i-saw-a-photograph-of-the-side-of-a-house/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/ray-bradbury-75_after_after-hiroshima-was-bombed-i-saw-a-photo_76654.jpg) > [Garrett," said Stendahl, "do you know why I've done this to you? Because you burned Mr. Poe's books without really reading them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/garrett-said-stendahl-do-you-know-why-i-ve-done-this-to-you-because/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/ray-bradbury-75_advice_garrett-said-stendahl-do-you-know-why-i_329021.jpg) > [“e-books "smell like burned fuel”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/e-books-smell-like-burned-fuel/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/ray-bradbury-75_burned_e-books-smell-like-burned-fuel-494129_494129.jpg) > [“It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn-it-was-a-special-pleasure-to-see-things/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/ray-bradbury-75_burning_it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn-it-was-a-speci_2021752.jpg) > [There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-is-no-future-for-e-books-because-they-are-not-books-e-books/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/ray-bradbury-75_book_there-is-no-future-for-e-books-because-t_2422855.jpg) ## Other authors on Burned ## More by Ray Bradbury > [That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/that-s-the-great-secret-of-creativity-you-treat-ideas-like-cats-you/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [You feed yourself. Make sure you have all the information, whether it's aesthetic, scientific, mathematical, I don't care what it is. Then you walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-feed-yourself-make-sure-you-have-all-the-information-whether-it-s/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/do-you-ever-read-any-of-the-books-you-burn-he-laughed-that-s-against/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-don-t-read-them/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-were-put-here-as-witnesses-to-the-miracle-of-life-we-see-the-stars/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/remember-with-writing-what-you-re-looking-for-is-just-one-person-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/as-a-result-of-reading-science-fiction-when-i-was-eight-i-grew-up/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [“You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-can-t-learn-to-write-in-college-it-s-a-very-bad-place-for-writers/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We're going to become the martians when we land there. When we explore and build communities, we become the martians. That's a wonderful destiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-re-going-to-become-the-martians-when-we-land-there-when-we-explore/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-wish-you-a-wrestling-match-with-your-creative-muse-that-will-last-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-library-is-the-biggest-cracker-box-factory-in-the-world-the-more/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-travel-for-romance-we-travel-for-architecture-and-we-travel-to-be/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-spent-three-days-a-week-for-10-years-educating-myself-in-the-public/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we'll become completely dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-we-try-to-deny-the-darkness-in-our-souls-then-we-ll-become/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/but-remember-that-the-captain-belongs-to-the-most-dangerous-enemy-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burned/ray-bradbury/#itemlist", "name": "5 Burned Quotes By Ray Bradbury", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "After Hiroshima was bombed, I saw a photograph of the side of a house with the shadows of the people who had lived there burned into the wall from the intensity of the bomb. 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