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what do these quotes mean in fahrenheit 451?

1."There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing."

2."The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are."

3."Some day the load we're carrying with us may help someone. But even when we had the books on hand, a long time ago, we didn't use what we got out of them. We went right on insulting the dead. We went right on spitting in the graves of all the poor ones who died before us."

please help,its so confusing for me.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    i tk the 3rd one is refering to the war

    the 1st examine the fact that a human been could sacrifice itself for books may indict that books are more than only words but maybe in a way a part of us(?def.)

    the 2nd is self explanatory but out of context i cant comment

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