Dandelion Wine Memory and the Past Quotes

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Quote #10

June dawns, July noons, August evenings over, finished, done, and gone forever with only the sense of it all left here in his head. Now, a whole autumn, a white winter, a cool and greening spring to figure sums and totals of summer past. And if he should forget, the dandelion wine stood in the cellar, numbered huge for each and every day. (40.54)

Here again, Bradbury goes back to the idea that we need glimpses of the past in the present to give us hope. We can also use our memories to assure us that something worth living for is right around the corner.