Said Quotes by Ray Bradbury

And the odd think in Dad's voice was the sound truth makes being said.

— Ray Bradbury

No," said a voice, "the only thing wrong on a night like that is that there is a world and you must…

— Ray Bradbury

Kerosene," he said, because the silence had lengthened, "is nothing but perfume to me.

— Ray Bradbury

If Blake said that, said Father Brian, he never lived in Dublin.

— Ray Bradbury

It is good to renew one's wonder, said the philosopher. Space travel has again made children of us all.

— Ray Bradbury

My favorite writers have been those who've said things well.

— Ray Bradbury

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

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

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

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

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

A Witch is born out of the true hungers of her time,” she said. “I was born out of New York. The…

— Ray Bradbury

Lone at night, when I was twelve years old, I looked at the planet Mars and I said, 'Take me home!' And…

— Ray Bradbury

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

They walked still farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to…

— Ray Bradbury

Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest.…

— Ray Bradbury

Only if the third necessary thing could be given us. Number one, as I said: quality of information. Number two: leisure to…

— Ray Bradbury

Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going a long time back. I said nothing.…

— Ray Bradbury

Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house…

— Ray Bradbury

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

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

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

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

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

Are you happy?" she [Clarisse] said. "Am I what?" he [Montag] cried. But she was gone- running in the moonlight. Her front…

— Ray Bradbury

“He was not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of…

— Ray Bradbury

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

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

...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

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

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

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

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

Dad," said Will, his voice very faint. "Are you a good person?" "To you and your mother, yes, I try. But no…

— Ray Bradbury

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