Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds…

Ray Bradbury
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Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.76, Hamilton Books
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Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.76, Hamilton Books

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