Dad," said Will, his voice very faint. "Are you a good person?" "To you and your mother, yes, I try. But no… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
"Oh, ancient god, whatever your name," whispered Ahmed. "Help this lost son of a good father, this evil boy who meant no… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman." "Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The essential impact of life's loneliness crushed his beginning-to-tremble body. Mother was alone, too. She could not look to the sanctity of… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
My parents read the comics to me, and I fell in love with comic strips. I've collected them all of my life.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen?… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“But what father ever really believes it? He carries no burden, he feels no pain. What man, like woman, lies down in… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
MOTHER: Why, just lying there, Jim, you run so fast. I never saw anyone move so much, just sleeping. Promise me, Jim.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Mother wasn't afraid of the sky in the day so much, but it was the night stars that she wanted to turn… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“It’s the Lord’s space and the Lord’s worlds in space, Father. We must not try to take our cathedrals with us, when… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
When I was a young man, I didn't think about having a family. My wife and I were too poor to have… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Who said childhood was the best time of life? When in reality it was the most terrible, the most merciless era, the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Father Peregrine, won’t you ever be serious?” “Not until the good Lord is. Oh, don’t look so terribly shocked, please. The Lord… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“My aunt and my mother read to me when I was three from all the old Grimm fairy tales, Andersen fairy tales,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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.' — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“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… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
