But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.

I don't believe in colleges and universities.

The moon is a good, solid base to build a space travel organization in the community.

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.

First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.

There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.

So in sum, what are we? We are the creatures that know and know too much. That leaves us with such a burden again we have a choice, to laugh or cry. No other animal does either. We do, depending on the season and the need.