But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.

Ray Bradbury
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But you can't make people listen. They have to come...
But you can't make people listen. They have to come...
But you can't make people listen. They have to come...
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The world can’t last forever. Not everything will last forever. What will end up happening is that the world will end and we will all die. The thing that can’t last is us.

Source: Fahrenheit 451

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