Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.

Quote by Ray Bradbury

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My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing...

My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing...

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

You fail only if you stop writing.

You fail only if you stop writing.

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you...

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you...

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work...

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work...

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way...

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way...

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is...

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is...

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every...

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every...

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will....

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will....

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that...

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that...

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library,...

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library,...

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for...

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.