Happy 100th Birthday, Ray Bradbury (b. 22 August 1920) 

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”

— Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury (22 August 1920 – 5 June 2012)

“Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.”

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Alberto Manguel

“The October Country…that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain…” -Ray Bradbury

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”

— Ray Bradbury

"It was a pleasure to burn."

Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?" "Because I like you," she said, "and I don't want anything from you.

—Ray Bradbury

Happy 100th birthday, Ray Bradbury (b. 22 August 1920)