“We think, I’m not a fool today. I’ve learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we’re not perfect and live accordingly.”

—  Ray Bradbury , book The Illustrated Man

No Particular Night or Morning (1951)
The Illustrated Man (1951)

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