“YOUR INFLUENCE ON US ALL, FROM 1939 ON, CANNOT BE MEASURED.”

—  Ray Bradbury

Letter to Robert A. Heinlein (1976) · Photograph of note on Bradbury's stationary http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/09/that-man-basked-in-your-light.html <!-- also quoted at http://io9.com/5840242/amazingly-touching-1976-letter-from-ray-bradbury-to-robert-heinlein-your-influence-on-us-all-cannot-be-measured -->
Context: YOUR INFLUENCE ON US ALL, FROM 1939 ON, CANNOT BE MEASURED. I CAN ONLY SAY I REMEMBER, WARMLY, YOUR MANY KINDNESSES TO ME WHEN I WAS 19–20–21 YEARS OLD. THAT YOUNG MAN BASKED IN YOUR LIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP YOU OFFERED WHEN I WAS SO POOR & NEEDFUL!

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