In our time the search for extraterrestrial life will eventually change our laws, our religions, our philosophies, our arts, our recreations, as well as our sciences. Space, the mirror, waits for life to come look for itself there.

Remember, Montag, we're the happiness boys. We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.

Science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle.

The one sure way I can dishonor myself is by worrying about my reputation.

I'm not a science-fiction writer. I've only written one book that's science fiction, and that's Fahrenheit 451. All the others are fantasy.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

The sun burnt every day. It burnt time.