“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Stuff your eyes with wonder," he said, "live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away. To hell with that," he said, "shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass.”
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“But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
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