Jonathan

“I got hold of the fire chief here in Los Angeles, and I said, “At what temperature does book paper catch fire and burn?” He said, “Just a moment, be right back.” He came back and said, “451 Fahrenheit.” And I thought, “Oh, that’s beautiful.” That’s absolutely beautiful. It’s perfect. So I reversed it, and said Fahrenheit 451, and there you have the title. And if we start using Celsius in the next few years, I will be severely disappointed.”
― Ray Bradbury

“Take away your judging thought, and then there is taken away the complaint, "I have been harmed." Take away the complaint, "I have been harmed," and the harm is taken away.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“If you are afraid to die, if you are afraid to face death, then you do not deserve to live, he thought; considering, a moment afterwards, that if you are afraid to live, afraid to face life, then perhaps you do not deserve to die.”
― Peter Gilman, Diamond Head

“And this is in the night: Most glorious night!
Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be
A sharer in thy fierce and far delight”
― Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage