But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own…

Ray Bradbury
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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. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.74, Hamilton Books
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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. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.74, Hamilton Books

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