“I feel I'm doing what I should've done a lifetime ago.
For a little while I'm not afraid.
Maybe it's because I'm doing the right thing at last.
Maybe it's because I've done a rash thing and don't want to look the coward to you.”

—  Ray Bradbury, book Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

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