There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make …

Ray Bradbury
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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. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.25, Hamilton Books
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What can we writers learn from lizards, lift from birds? In quickness is truth. The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more honest you are. In hesitation is thought. In delay comes the … ▶
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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. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.25, Hamilton Books

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