And the odd think in Dad's voice was the sound truth makes being said. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Kerosene," he said, because the silence had lengthened, "is nothing but perfume to me. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It is good to renew one's wonder, said the philosopher. Space travel has again made children of us all. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
No," said a voice, "the only thing wrong on a night like that is that there is a world and you must… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Are you happy?" she [Clarisse] said. "Am I what?" he [Montag] cried. But she was gone- running in the moonlight. Her front… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
"That's sad," said Montag, quietly, "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?" "Because I like… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
That's sad," said Montag, quietly,(referring to The Hound) "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
A Witch is born out of the true hungers of her time,” she said. “I was born out of New York. The… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I'll be darned!" said Douglas. "I never thought of that. That's brilliant! It's true. Old people never were children!" "And it's kind… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The sun rose yellow as a lemon.The sky was round and blue.The birds looped clear water songs in the air.Will and Jim… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Only if the third necessary thing could be given us. Number one, as I said: quality of information. Number two: leisure to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
That's life for you," said MacDunn. "Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving some thing more than… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going a long time back. I said nothing.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I'll tell you," said Beatty, smiling at his cards. "That made you for a little while a drunkard. Read a few lines… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
They walked still farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Garrett," said Stendahl, "do you know why I've done this to you? Because you burned Mr. Poe's books without really reading them.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can't really put a book on the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Lone at night, when I was twelve years old, I looked at the planet Mars and I said, 'Take me home!' And… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Do you ever wonder if--well, if there are people living on the third planet?' 'The third planet is incapable of supporting life,'… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Hello!" He said hello and then said, "What are you up to now?" "I'm still crazy. The rain feels good. I love… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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
Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It's poor judgment', said Grandpa 'to call anything by a name. We don't know what a hobgoblin or a vampire or a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
...We're allotted a little space on earth and that we survive in that wilderness that can take back what it has given,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Grandfather's been dead all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something… — 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