Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I’m one of them.
RAY BRADBURYThere was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.
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If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it.
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The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.
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There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.
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You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
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In order to be creative, you don’t have to be original.
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I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.
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Creativity is a continual surprise.
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I don’t believe in government. I hate politics. I’m against it. And I hope that sometime this fall, we can destroy part of our government, and next year destroy even more of it. The less government, the happier I will be.
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Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.
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Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled.
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There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.
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If you learn only methods, you’ll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods.
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Sometimes I think I understand everything. Then I regain consciousness.
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Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.
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It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid.
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