FABER in Classic Quotes

1  Faber's hands itched on his knees.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

2  "I don't talk things, sir," said Faber.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

3  "You're a hopeless romantic," said Faber.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

4  Faber examined Montag's thin, blue-jowled face.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

5  Professor Faber, I have a rather odd question to ask.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

6  But somehow he had wanted to hear it from Faber himself.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

7  Faber turned the pages, stopping here and there to read.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

8  It'll take time, but I'll do it, or Faber will do it for me.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

9  Faber raised his brows and looked at Montag as if he were seeing a new man.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

10  Faber, for the first time, raised his eyes and looked directly into Montag's face.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

11  Faber backed up, as if he feared the book might vanish if he took his eyes from it.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

12  Faber peered out, looking very old in the light and very fragile and very much afraid.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

13  The phone on the far end of the line called Faber's name a dozen times before the professor answered in a faint voice.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

14  Faber held his hand over his left coat pocket and spoke these words gently, and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man's coat.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

15  Montag had only a glimpse, before Faber, seeing Montag's attention diverted, turned quickly and shut the bedroom door and stood holding the knob with a trembling hand.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

16  An hour of monologue, a poem, a comment, and then without either acknowledging the fact that Montag was a fireman, Faber, with a certain trembling, wrote his address on a slip of paper.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand

17  His name was Faber, and when he finally lost his fear of Montag, he talked in a cadenced voice, looking at the sky and the trees and the green park, and when an hour had passed he said something to Montag and Montag sensed it was a rhymeless poem.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 2: The Sieve and the Sand