Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

Michael Shannon: Captain Beatty

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• Captain Beatty : You wanted to fly near the sun. You burn your damn wings off and you wonder why.

• Captain Beatty : Do you want to know what's inside all these books? Insanity. The Eels want to measure their place in the universe, so they turn to these novels about non-existent people. Or worse, philosophers. Look, here's Spinoza. One expert screaming down another expert's throat. "We have free will. No, all of our actions are predetermined." Each one says the opposite, and a man comes away lost, feeling more bestial and lonely than before. Now, if you don't want a person unhappy, you don't give them two sides of a question to worry about.

  Guy Montag : Just give 'em one.

  Captain Beatty : Better yet, none.

• Captain Beatty : The Salamander eats its own tail.