The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are. They're Caesar's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, 'Remember, Caesar, thou art mortal.' Most of us can't rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.
-Farenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
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books will save us all. read, read, and read more. I am dead serious and if you don't, well, you know what... I won't have to worry about that because you won't be around for long.
You're right, Reina! Books will save us. It would have saved us a lot of the world's problems already if people read more and learned about the diversity of human experience.
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