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Ray Bradbury Quotes

We have everything we need to be happy but we aren’t happy. Something is missing... It is not books you need, it’s some of the things that are in books. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us Picture Quote #1

Last night I thought about all the kerosene I’ve used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I’d never even thought that thought before... It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his thoughts down, looking around at the world and life, and then I come along in two minutes and boom! it’s all over Picture Quote #1

What is it about fire that’s so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?... The thing man wanted to invent, but never did... If you let it go on, it’d burn our lifetimes out. What is fire? It is a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledygook about friction and molecules. But they don’t really know. Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences Picture Quote #1

Every time you take a step, even when you don’t want to... When it hurts, when it means you rub chins with death, or even if it means dying, that’s good. Anything that moves ahead, wins. No chess game was ever won by the player who sat for a lifetime thinking over his next move Picture Quote #1

... We’re allotted a little space on earth and that we survive in that wilderness that can take back what it has given, as easily as blowing its breath on us or sending the sea to tell us we are not so big. When we forget how close the wilderness is in the night, my grandpa said, someday it will come in and get us, for we will have forgotten how terrible and real it can be Picture Quote #1

If you had your way you’d pass a law to abolish all the little jobs, the little things. But then you’d leave yourselves nothing to do between the big jobs and you’d have a devil of a time thinking up things to do so you wouldn’t go crazy. Instead of that, why not let nature show you a few things? Cutting grass and pulling weeds can be a way of life, son Picture Quote #1

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The rockets set the bony meadows afire, turned rock to lava, turned wood to charcoal, transmuted water to steam, made sand and silica into green glass which lay like shattered mirrors reflecting the invasion, all about. The rockets came like drums, beating in the night. The rockets came like locusts, swarming and settling in blooms of rosy smoke Picture Quote #1

... trees to cool the towns in the boiling summer, trees to hold back the winter winds. There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit, or become a children’s playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree. But most of all the trees would distill an icy air for the lungs, and a gentle rustling for the ear when you lay nights in your snowy bed and were gentled to sleep by the sound Picture Quote #1

I want to hold onto this funny thing. God, it’s gotten big on me. I don’t know what it is. I’m so damned unhappy, I’m so mad, and I don’t know why. I feel like I’m putting on weight. I feel fat. I feel like I’m saving a lot of things, and I don’t know what. I might even start reading books Picture Quote #1

Important thing is not the me that’s lying here, but the me that’s sitting on the edge of the bed looking back at me, and the me that’s downstairs cooking supper, or out in the garage under the car, or in the library reading. All the new parts, they count. I’m not really dying today. No person ever died that had a family Picture Quote #1

I’ve often been accused of being too emotional and sentimental, but I believe in honest sentiment, and the need to purge ourselves at certain times, which is ancient. Men would live at least five or six more years and not have ulcers if they could cry better Picture Quote #1

Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never been in charge of my stories, they’ve always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to me, ordering me to give it voice and form and life, I’ve followed the advice I’ve shared with other writers over the years: jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down Picture Quote #1

In my later years I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I’ve worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior Picture Quote #1

And some days, he went on, were days of hearing every trump and trill of the universe. Some days were good for tasting and some for touching. And some days were good for all the senses at once. This day now, he nodded, smelled as if a great and nameless orchard had grown up overnight beyond the hills to fill the entire visible land with its warm freshness. The air felt like rain, but there were no clouds Picture Quote #1

Old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing up a shaft Picture Quote #1

Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down Picture Quote #1

The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts. The rocket made climates, and summer lay for a brief moment upon the land Picture Quote #1

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I’m being ironic. Don’t interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it’s not polite Picture Quote #1

All floated upon an evening carrousel, with fitful drifts of music wafting up here and there, and voices calling and murmuring from houses that were whitely haunted by television Picture Quote #1

I’ve done a prideful thing, a thing more sinful than she ever done to me. I took the bottom out of her life Picture Quote #1

Those who live in the best cliffs think they are better than us. That is always man’s attitude when he has power Picture Quote #1

Beware, charlie, old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing up a shaft Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is also a great way to pretend you are writing about the future when in reality you are attacking the recent past and the present Picture Quote #1

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Computers are toys, and men like to mess around with smart dumb things. They feel creative Picture Quote #1

Don’t tell me how to write my novel. Don’t tell me you’ve got a better ending for it. I have no time for that Picture Quote #1

The problem is, of course, our politicians, men who have no romance in their hearts or dreams in their heads Picture Quote #1

All this political correctness that’s rampant on campuses is b. S. You can’t fool around with the dangerous notion of telling a university what to teach and what not to Picture Quote #1

Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I’d combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both Picture Quote #1

There is no reason to write pornography when your own sex life is good. Why waste time writing about it? Picture Quote #1

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We have everything we need to be happy but we aren’t happy. Something is missing... It is not books you need, it’s some of the things that are in books. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Last night I thought about all the kerosene I’ve used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I’d never even thought that thought before... It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his thoughts down, looking around at the world and life, and then I come along in two minutes and boom! it’s all over (Ray Bradbury Quotes) What is it about fire that’s so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?... The thing man wanted to invent, but never did... If you let it go on, it’d burn our lifetimes out. What is fire? It is a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledygook about friction and molecules. But they don’t really know. Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Every time you take a step, even when you don’t want to... When it hurts, when it means you rub chins with death, or even if it means dying, that’s good. Anything that moves ahead, wins. No chess game was ever won by the player who sat for a lifetime thinking over his next move (Ray Bradbury Quotes) ... We’re allotted a little space on earth and that we survive in that wilderness that can take back what it has given, as easily as blowing its breath on us or sending the sea to tell us we are not so big. When we forget how close the wilderness is in the night, my grandpa said, someday it will come in and get us, for we will have forgotten how terrible and real it can be (Ray Bradbury Quotes) If you had your way you’d pass a law to abolish all the little jobs, the little things. But then you’d leave yourselves nothing to do between the big jobs and you’d have a devil of a time thinking up things to do so you wouldn’t go crazy. Instead of that, why not let nature show you a few things? Cutting grass and pulling weeds can be a way of life, son (Ray Bradbury Quotes) The rockets set the bony meadows afire, turned rock to lava, turned wood to charcoal, transmuted water to steam, made sand and silica into green glass which lay like shattered mirrors reflecting the invasion, all about. The rockets came like drums, beating in the night. The rockets came like locusts, swarming and settling in blooms of rosy smoke (Ray Bradbury Quotes) ... trees to cool the towns in the boiling summer, trees to hold back the winter winds. There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit, or become a children’s playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree. But most of all the trees would distill an icy air for the lungs, and a gentle rustling for the ear when you lay nights in your snowy bed and were gentled to sleep by the sound (Ray Bradbury Quotes) I want to hold onto this funny thing. God, it’s gotten big on me. I don’t know what it is. I’m so damned unhappy, I’m so mad, and I don’t know why. I feel like I’m putting on weight. I feel fat. I feel like I’m saving a lot of things, and I don’t know what. I might even start reading books (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Important thing is not the me that’s lying here, but the me that’s sitting on the edge of the bed looking back at me, and the me that’s downstairs cooking supper, or out in the garage under the car, or in the library reading. All the new parts, they count. I’m not really dying today. No person ever died that had a family (Ray Bradbury Quotes) I’ve often been accused of being too emotional and sentimental, but I believe in honest sentiment, and the need to purge ourselves at certain times, which is ancient. Men would live at least five or six more years and not have ulcers if they could cry better (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there (Ray Bradbury Quotes) I’ve never been in charge of my stories, they’ve always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to me, ordering me to give it voice and form and life, I’ve followed the advice I’ve shared with other writers over the years: jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down (Ray Bradbury Quotes) In my later years I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I’ve worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior (Ray Bradbury Quotes) And some days, he went on, were days of hearing every trump and trill of the universe. Some days were good for tasting and some for touching. And some days were good for all the senses at once. This day now, he nodded, smelled as if a great and nameless orchard had grown up overnight beyond the hills to fill the entire visible land with its warm freshness. The air felt like rain, but there were no clouds (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing up a shaft (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down (Ray Bradbury Quotes) The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts. The rocket made climates, and summer lay for a brief moment upon the land (Ray Bradbury Quotes) I’m being ironic. Don’t interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it’s not polite (Ray Bradbury Quotes) All floated upon an evening carrousel, with fitful drifts of music wafting up here and there, and voices calling and murmuring from houses that were whitely haunted by television (Ray Bradbury Quotes) I’ve done a prideful thing, a thing more sinful than she ever done to me. I took the bottom out of her life (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Those who live in the best cliffs think they are better than us. That is always man’s attitude when he has power (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Beware, charlie, old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing up a shaft (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Science fiction is also a great way to pretend you are writing about the future when in reality you are attacking the recent past and the present (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Computers are toys, and men like to mess around with smart dumb things. They feel creative (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Don’t tell me how to write my novel. Don’t tell me you’ve got a better ending for it. I have no time for that (Ray Bradbury Quotes) The problem is, of course, our politicians, men who have no romance in their hearts or dreams in their heads (Ray Bradbury Quotes) All this political correctness that’s rampant on campuses is b. S. You can’t fool around with the dangerous notion of telling a university what to teach and what not to (Ray Bradbury Quotes) Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I’d combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both (Ray Bradbury Quotes) There is no reason to write pornography when your own sex life is good. Why waste time writing about it? (Ray Bradbury Quotes)

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