1,603 Quotes by Ray Bradbury

Let the war turn off the families. Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge.

Somewhere on the Earth tonight, my Tylla, there is a Man with a Lever, which, when he pulls it, Will Save The World. The man is now unemployed. His switch gathers dust. He himself plays pinochle.

Good to evil seems evil.

Poverty made a sound like a wet cough in the shadows of the room.

Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to know with which ear you'll listen.

Then, left alone, shivering, I happened to glance up. I stood, I froze, blinking up through the drift, the drift, the silent drift of blinding snow. I saw the high hotel windows, the lights, the shadows.What's it like up there? I thought. Are fires lit? Is it warm as breath? Who are all those people? Are they drinking? Are they happy?Do they even know I'm HERE?

Far away in the cool dim empty rooms of the big old house, a silver bell tinkled and faded.

That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.

The dust was antique spice, burnt maple leaves, a prickling blue that teemed and sifted to earth. Swarming its own shadows, the dust filtered over the tents.