Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

Are you happy?" she [Clarisse] said. "Am I what?" he [Montag] cried. But she was gone- running in the moonlight. Her front door shut gently.

The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more honest you are.

For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is CERTAIN, that nothing bad will ever happen to ME. Others die, I go on. There are no consequences and no responsibilities. Except that there ARE. But let's not talk about them, eh? By the time the consequences catch up to you, it's too late, isn't it, Montag?

When I graduated from high school I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library 3 days a week for 10 years.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

...passing swiftly on toward further darknesses, but moving also toward a new sun.