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"We have everything we need to be happy, but we arent happy. Somethings missing. I looked around. The only thing I positively knew was gone was the books Id burned in ten or twelve years. So I thought books might help.(78)"
Fahrenheit 451They crashed the front door and grabbed at a woman, though she was not — Fahrenheit 451
"They crashed the front door and grabbed at a woman, though she was not running, she was not trying to escape. She was only standing, weaving from side to side, her eyes fixed upon a nothingness in the wall as if they had struck her a terrible blow upon the head. Her tongue was moving in her mouth, and her eyes seemed to be trying to remember something, and then they remembered and her tongue moved again: "Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by Gods grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.""
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The novel follows in the viewpoint of Guy Montag, a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservati
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"I was just figuring," said Montag, "what does the Hound think about down there nights? Is it coming alive on us, really? It makes me cold." "It doesnt think anything we dont want it to think." "Thats sad," said Montag, quietly, "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if thats all it can ever know." (31)"
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