Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.

I'll hold on to the world tight some day. I've got one finger on it now; that's a beginning.

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?

Facts are not interesting to me.

You don’t question Providence. If you can’t have the reality, a dream is just as good.

And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again.

If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods.