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

Quote by Ray Bradbury

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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.

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

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

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

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...

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

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....

We are anthill men upon an anthill world.

We are anthill men upon an anthill world.

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...

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip...

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip...

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

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...

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

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...

If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

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...

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have...

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have...

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power...

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power...

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from...

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from...