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It was a pleasure to burn.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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When you write—explode—fly apart— disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite.
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Ask for 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.
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You fail only if you stop …
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That's the good part of dying when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.
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Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy.
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You can't try to do things you simply must do them.
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We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?

Fahrenheit 451, 1953

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Those who don’t build must burn. It’s as old as history and juvenile delinquency.

Fahrenheit 451

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All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It’s my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I’ve won or lost. At sunrise, I’m out again, giving it the old try.

Fahrenheit 451 Coda

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Raymond Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was a prolific American author widely considered one of the greatest storytellers of the 20th century. His novels, short stories, screenplays, and plays often explore the themes of technology, humanity, the future, and society's impact on the individual. Famous works include "Fahrenheit 451," "The Martian Chronicles," and "The Illustrated Man." Bradbury's writing is characterized by its lyrical prose, vivid imagination, and a deep concern for human values.