Oskar Werner
(as Guy Montag)
Guy Montag:
[holding a book in his hand] Behind each of these books, there's a man. That's what interests me.
Oskar Werner
(as Guy Montag)
Guy Montag:
[reading from David Copperfield] David Copperfield. Chapter one. I am born. Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born, as I have been informed and believe on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry simultaneously.
Oskar Werner
(as Guy Montag)
Guy Montag:
[reading from dictionary] Rhinoceros: any of certain large, powerful, thick-skinned perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae.
Oskar Werner
(as Guy Montag)
Guy Montag:
[to Linda] You've spent your whole life in front of that family wall. These books are my family.
Julie Christie
(as Clarisse / Linda Montag)
Guy Montag:
[trying to figure out why Clarisse was fired] You must've said something that...
Clarisse: Oh I never got along well with the staff, they disapprove of me... I... don't always stick to the times tables... well we have fun in my class, and they don't like that.
Clarisse: Oh I never got along well with the staff, they disapprove of me... I... don't always stick to the times tables... well we have fun in my class, and they don't like that.
Oskar Werner
(as Guy Montag)
Guy Montag:
Do you remember what you asked me the other day: if I ever read the books I burn? Remember?
Clarisse: Uh-huh.
Guy Montag: Last night I read one.
Clarisse: Uh-huh.
Guy Montag: Last night I read one.
Oskar Werner
(as Guy Montag)
Guy Montag:
Fahrenheit four-five-one is the temperature at which book paper catches fire and starts to burn.
Oskar Werner
(as Guy Montag)
Guy Montag:
Look at that fellow over there.
Clarisse: What's he doing?
Guy Montag: That's the information box. He can't make up his mind.
Clarisse: What does he want to find out?
Guy Montag: He doesn't want to find out anything. He knows someone who has books, so he got hold of the person's picture and number and is going to drop it into that box.
Clarisse: But he's an informer!
Guy Montag: No, he's an informant.
Clarisse: What's he doing?
Guy Montag: That's the information box. He can't make up his mind.
Clarisse: What does he want to find out?
Guy Montag: He doesn't want to find out anything. He knows someone who has books, so he got hold of the person's picture and number and is going to drop it into that box.
Clarisse: But he's an informer!
Guy Montag: No, he's an informant.
Julie Christie
(as Clarisse / Linda Montag)
Guy Montag:
Tell me, this uncle of yours, did he ever tell you not to talk to strangers?
Clarisse: No, he did say once if anyone asked how old I was to say I was 20 and light in the head. They always seem to go together.
Guy Montag: Light in the head?
Clarisse: Mm-hmm, loopy, crazy.
Clarisse: No, he did say once if anyone asked how old I was to say I was 20 and light in the head. They always seem to go together.
Guy Montag: Light in the head?
Clarisse: Mm-hmm, loopy, crazy.
Oskar Werner
(as Guy Montag)
