--- title: "19 Long time Quotes By Ray Bradbury" description: "19 Long time quotes by Ray Bradbury. Plus more from Ray Bradbury and more Long time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/ray-bradbury-75_books_first-time-i-realized-that-a-man-was-beh_3199313.jpg" --- > [“first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/first-time-i-realized-that-a-man-was-behind-each-one-of-the-books-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/ray-bradbury-75_books_first-time-i-realized-that-a-man-was-beh_3199313.jpg) > [I'm not really dying today. No person ever died that had a family. I'll be around a long time. A thousand years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-m-not-really-dying-today-no-person-ever-died-that-had-a-family-i-ll/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/ray-bradbury-75_apples_i-m-not-really-dying-today-no-person-eve_1619162.jpg) > [This was all he wanted now. Some signs that the immense world would accept him and give him the long time he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/this-was-all-he-wanted-now-some-signs-that-the-immense-world-would/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/ray-bradbury-75_accepting_this-was-all-he-wanted-now-some-signs-th_657952.jpg) > [They walked still farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/they-walked-still-farther-and-the-girl-said-is-it-true-that-long-ago/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/ray-bradbury-75_accidents_they-walked-still-farther-and-the-girl-s_192645.jpg) > [Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going a long time back. I said nothing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/mr-montag-you-are-looking-at-a-coward-i-saw-the-way-things-were-going-2/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/ray-bradbury-75_coward_mr-montag-you-are-looking-at-a-coward-i_848375.jpg) > [“And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-i-thought-about-books-and-for-the-first-time-i-realized-that-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/ray-bradbury-75_book_and-i-thought-about-books-and-for-the-fi_1609209.jpg) > [“I'm afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always use to be that way? My uncle says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-m-afraid-of-children-my-own-age-they-kill-each-other-did-it-always/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/ray-bradbury-75_children_i-m-afraid-of-children-my-own-age-they-k_2953082.jpg) > [Please, please, help me grow to be like them, the ones'll soon be here, who never grow old, can't die, that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/please-please-help-me-grow-to-be-like-them-the-ones-ll-soon-be-here/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/ray-bradbury-75_father_please-please-help-me-grow-to-be-like-th_1475402.jpg) > [“We'll go on the river. He looked at the old railroad tracks. Or we'll go that way. Or we'll walk on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-ll-go-on-the-river-he-looked-at-the-old-railroad-tracks-or-we-ll/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/ray-bradbury-75_knowledge_we-ll-go-on-the-river-he-looked-at-the-o_581412.jpg) > [Last night I thought about all the kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/last-night-i-thought-about-all-the-kerosene-i-ve-used-in-the-past-ten/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/ray-bradbury-75_behinds_last-night-i-thought-about-all-the-keros_1651065.jpg) > [“And what lights the sun? Its own fire. And the sun goes on, day after day, burning and burning. The sun and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-what-lights-the-sun-its-own-fire-and-the-sun-goes-on-day-after/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/ray-bradbury-75_decision_and-what-lights-the-sun-its-own-fire-and_621615.jpg) > [“How long he stood he did not know, but there was a foolish and yet delicious sense of knowing himself as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/how-long-he-stood-he-did-not-know-but-there-was-a-foolish-and-yet/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/ray-bradbury-75_comfort_how-long-he-stood-he-did-not-know-but-th_105943.jpg) > [“Montag said nothing but stood looking at the women's faces as he had once looked at the faces of saints in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/montag-said-nothing-but-stood-looking-at-the-women-s-faces-as-he-had/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/ray-bradbury-75_long-time_montag-said-nothing-but-stood-looking-at_1248482.jpg) > [“…and do you know what?” “What?” “People don’t talk about anything.” “Oh, they must!” “No, not anything. They name a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-do-you-know-what-what-people-don-t-talk-about-anything-oh-they/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/ray-bradbury-75_dystopian_and-do-you-know-what-what-people-don-t-t_1967447.jpg) > [“We’ll go on the river...or we’ll go that way. Or we’ll walk the highways now. And we’ll have time to put things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-ll-go-on-the-river-or-we-ll-go-that-way-or-we-ll-walk-the-highways/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/ray-bradbury-75_long-time_we-ll-go-on-the-river-or-we-ll-go-that-w_2433872.jpg) > [“Last night I thought about all that kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/last-night-i-thought-about-all-that-kerosene-i-ve-used-in-the-past/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/ray-bradbury-75_alone_last-night-i-thought-about-all-that-kero_2198526.jpg) > [“A long time back, she thought, I dreamed a dream, and was enjoying it so much when someone wakened me, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/a-long-time-back-she-thought-i-dreamed-a-dream-and-was-enjoying-it-so/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/ray-bradbury-75_better-now_a-long-time-back-she-thought-i-dreamed-a_2863453.jpg) > [“Hold onto one thought: You're not important. You're not anything. Some day the load we're carrying with us may help someone. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/hold-onto-one-thought-you-re-not-important-you-re-not-anything-some/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/ray-bradbury-75_endings-and-beginnin_hold-onto-one-thought-you-re-not-importa_2147246.jpg) > [“Some day the load we're carrying with us may help someone. But even when we had the books on hand, a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/some-day-the-load-we-re-carrying-with-us-may-help-someone-but-even/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/ray-bradbury-75_books_some-day-the-load-we-re-carrying-with-us_776265.jpg) ## Other authors on Long time ## 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/long-time/ray-bradbury/#itemlist", "name": "19 Long time Quotes By Ray Bradbury", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. 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