Journals 138-146

Page 140

"He felt as if he had left the great seance and all the murmuring ghosts."

This quote struck me. Montag had escaped to the river when all the noise died down. He was far away from the terror, and he was finally free. This quote is the feeling after all the chaos. That he left it all, his old life behind.

Page 145

"It was not burning. It was warming."

This quote struck me. Montag came upon a fire with men surrounding it. Unlike most fires, the fire was warming, not burning. Montag had never known such a fire before. His job was to burn and destroy books. This warming fire wasn't destroying, it was aiding the people in their need of warmth.