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Are you happy?
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Happiness
And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again...
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Death
The television is 'real'. It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in. It must be right. It seems so right. It rushes you on so quickly to its own conclusions your mind hasn't time to protest, 'What nonsense!'.
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Television
We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.
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Topic: Television
Too late, I found you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Topic: Life
I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense.
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Life, Relationships
From this outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living. Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived? Did life seem that short, indeed, over and done before you took a breath? Did it seem this abrupt and impossible to everyone, or only to himself, here, now, with a few hours left to him for thought and deliberation?
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Topic: Death
The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen? Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts. And we've done fine tonight. Even Death can't spoil it.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Topic: Death
Moundshroud led the Team down on their brooms over the farms where witches dropped frogs in cauldrons and stomped toads and snuffed mummy dust and cavorted in cackles.

"But, stop and think. What does the word 'witch' truly mean?"

"Why--" said Tom, and was stymied.

"Wits," said Moundshroud. "Intelligence. That's all it means. Knowledge. So any man, or woman, with half a brain and with inclinations toward learning had his wits about him, eh? And so, anyone too smart, who didn't watch out, was called--"

"A witch!" said everyone.
From The Halloween Tree
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Topic: Education
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't "try" to do things. You simply "must" do things.
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Topic: Inspirational
First you jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.
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Topic: Inspirational
A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.
From Dandelion Wine
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Topic: Funny
Sunsets are loved because they vanish.

Flowers are loved because they go.

The dogs of the field and the cats of the kitchen are loved because soon they must depart.

These are not the sole reasons, but at the heart of morning welcomes and afternoon laughters is the promise of farewell. In the gray muzzle of an old dog we see goodbye. In the tired face of an old friend we read long journeys beyond returns.
From From the Dust Returned
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Topic: Death
Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Topic: Death
I'm a library-educated person; I've never made it to college. When I left high school, I began to go to the library every day of my life for five, ten, fifteen years. So the library was my nesting place, it was my birthing place, it was my growing place. And my books are full of libraries and librarians and book people, and booksellers. So my love of books is so intense that I finally have done--what? I have written a book about a man falling in love with books.
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Education
The thing that makes me happy is that I know that on Mars, two hundred years from now, my books are going to be read. They’ll be up on dead Mars with no atmosphere. And late at night, with a flashlight, some little boy is going to peek under the covers and read The Martian Chronicles on Mars.
From The Martian Chronicles
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Topic: Happiness
We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of on good rain and black loam.
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Topic: Happiness
Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave.
From The Halloween Tree
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Topic: Hope
Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.
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Topic: Life
How talented was death. How many expressions and manipulations of hand, face, body, no two alike.
From The October Country
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Topic: Death
Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.
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Topic: Philosophical
It doesn't matter what you do...so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away.
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Inspirational
Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.
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Topic: Inspirational
Millie? Does the White Clown love you?
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Television
Are you happy?
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Happiness
And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again...
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
The television is 'real'. It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in. It must be right. It seems so right. It rushes you on so quickly to its own conclusions your mind hasn't time to protest, 'What nonsense!'.
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Television
We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Television
Too late, I found you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Topic: Life
I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense.
From Fahrenheit 451
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Topic: Life, Relationships
From this outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living. Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived? Did life seem that short, indeed, over and done before you took a breath? Did it seem this abrupt and impossible to everyone, or only to himself, here, now, with a few hours left to him for thought and deliberation?
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Topic: Death
The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen? Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts. And we've done fine tonight. Even Death can't spoil it.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
Moundshroud led the Team down on their brooms over the farms where witches dropped frogs in cauldrons and stomped toads and snuffed mummy dust and cavorted in cackles.

"But, stop and think. What does the word 'witch' truly mean?"

"Why--" said Tom, and was stymied.

"Wits," said Moundshroud. "Intelligence. That's all it means. Knowledge. So any man, or woman, with half a brain and with inclinations toward learning had his wits about him, eh? And so, anyone too smart, who didn't watch out, was called--"

"A witch!" said everyone.
From The Halloween Tree
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't "try" to do things. You simply "must" do things.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
First you jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.
From Dandelion Wine
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Topic: Funny
Sunsets are loved because they vanish.

Flowers are loved because they go.

The dogs of the field and the cats of the kitchen are loved because soon they must depart.

These are not the sole reasons, but at the heart of morning welcomes and afternoon laughters is the promise of farewell. In the gray muzzle of an old dog we see goodbye. In the tired face of an old friend we read long journeys beyond returns.
From From the Dust Returned
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Topic: Death
Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Topic: Death
I'm a library-educated person; I've never made it to college. When I left high school, I began to go to the library every day of my life for five, ten, fifteen years. So the library was my nesting place, it was my birthing place, it was my growing place. And my books are full of libraries and librarians and book people, and booksellers. So my love of books is so intense that I finally have done--what? I have written a book about a man falling in love with books.
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
The thing that makes me happy is that I know that on Mars, two hundred years from now, my books are going to be read. They’ll be up on dead Mars with no atmosphere. And late at night, with a flashlight, some little boy is going to peek under the covers and read The Martian Chronicles on Mars.
From The Martian Chronicles
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Topic: Happiness
We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of on good rain and black loam.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave.
From The Halloween Tree
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Topic: Hope
Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
How talented was death. How many expressions and manipulations of hand, face, body, no two alike.
From The October Country
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Philosophical
It doesn't matter what you do...so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away.
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Millie? Does the White Clown love you?
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Television
Are you happy?
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again...
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
The television is 'real'. It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in. It must be right. It seems so right. It rushes you on so quickly to its own conclusions your mind hasn't time to protest, 'What nonsense!'.
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Television
We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Television
Too late, I found you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense.
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life, Relationships
From this outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living. Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived? Did life seem that short, indeed, over and done before you took a breath? Did it seem this abrupt and impossible to everyone, or only to himself, here, now, with a few hours left to him for thought and deliberation?
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen? Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts. And we've done fine tonight. Even Death can't spoil it.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
Moundshroud led the Team down on their brooms over the farms where witches dropped frogs in cauldrons and stomped toads and snuffed mummy dust and cavorted in cackles.

"But, stop and think. What does the word 'witch' truly mean?"

"Why--" said Tom, and was stymied.

"Wits," said Moundshroud. "Intelligence. That's all it means. Knowledge. So any man, or woman, with half a brain and with inclinations toward learning had his wits about him, eh? And so, anyone too smart, who didn't watch out, was called--"

"A witch!" said everyone.
From The Halloween Tree
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't "try" to do things. You simply "must" do things.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
First you jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.
From Dandelion Wine
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Funny
Sunsets are loved because they vanish.

Flowers are loved because they go.

The dogs of the field and the cats of the kitchen are loved because soon they must depart.

These are not the sole reasons, but at the heart of morning welcomes and afternoon laughters is the promise of farewell. In the gray muzzle of an old dog we see goodbye. In the tired face of an old friend we read long journeys beyond returns.
From From the Dust Returned
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts.
From Something Wicked This Way Comes
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
I'm a library-educated person; I've never made it to college. When I left high school, I began to go to the library every day of my life for five, ten, fifteen years. So the library was my nesting place, it was my birthing place, it was my growing place. And my books are full of libraries and librarians and book people, and booksellers. So my love of books is so intense that I finally have done--what? I have written a book about a man falling in love with books.
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
The thing that makes me happy is that I know that on Mars, two hundred years from now, my books are going to be read. They’ll be up on dead Mars with no atmosphere. And late at night, with a flashlight, some little boy is going to peek under the covers and read The Martian Chronicles on Mars.
From The Martian Chronicles
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of on good rain and black loam.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave.
From The Halloween Tree
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
How talented was death. How many expressions and manipulations of hand, face, body, no two alike.
From The October Country
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Philosophical
It doesn't matter what you do...so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away.
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Millie? Does the White Clown love you?
From Fahrenheit 451
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Television
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