Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes

The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward. The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain.

Ray Bradbury

• Girl
• Fall
• Rain
• Autumn
• Fixed
• Dry

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• The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward. The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain.

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • Girl
  • Fall
  • Rain