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He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.
Ray Bradbury
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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
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Ray Douglas Bradbury
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And besides, I like to cry. After I cry hard it's like it's morning again and I'm starting the day over.
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Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day.
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Love is easy, and I love writing.
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When you're older you want to learn from other people.
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Sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads.
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And some day well remember so much that well build the biggest goddam steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up.
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