Today is the birthday of Raymond Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920), fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer.He is best known as Ray Bradbury, the author of the novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953), the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951).
"Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years." - Ray Bradbury
"We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts." - Ray Bradbury
"There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves." - Ray Bradbury
"People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better." - Ray Bradbury
"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
"Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here." - Ray Bradbury
"Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down." - Ray Bradbury
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