Ray Bradbury Quote

Everyone must leave something in the room or left behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.


Fahrenheit 451 (1953)


Everyone must leave something in the room or left behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall...

Everyone must leave something in the room or left behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall...

Everyone must leave something in the room or left behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall...

Everyone must leave something in the room or left behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall...