Dandelion Wine

A beautifully written reflection on mortality.

Bradbury trades a story-long plot for several shorter stories that are connected in some way to Douglas as he explores his life and mortality. Ultimately not the sort of book I would normally pick up, but nonetheless a very striking portrait of the fleeting nature of time.

“The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool”