Fahrenheit 451 Quotes ( Independence / Conformity )

Narrator, clarisses appearence

“Her face was slender and mik-white”

Narrator, montag stealing book

“Montag felt the hidden book pound like a heart against his chest”

Montag, looking at books

“We can’t burn these. I want to look at them, at least look at them once”

Narrator, street when montag runs

“He imagined thousands on thousands of faces peering”

Narrator, where clarisse walked

“And he was surprised to learn how certain he suddenly was of a single fact he could not prove. Once long ago, Clarisse had walked here, where he was walking now”

Granger, them being simpler / better

“But our way is simpler and, we think, better. All we want to do is keep the knowledge we think we will need”

Granger/montag, give to the city?

“What did you give to the city, Montag?

Ashes”

Granger, see the world

“See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”

Granger, building mirror factory

"Come on now, we’re going to go build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them."

Faber, talking the meaning of things.

"I don’t talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I’m alive."