“You young people never say anything. And us old folks don't know how to stop talking.”
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“People don't talk about anything… No, not anything. They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else.”
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Ray Bradbury
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Fahrenheit 451
Source: Fahrenheit 451
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