TRY in Classic Quotes

1  "I've tried to remember," said Montag.

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

2  I know, I've tried it; to hell with it.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

3  The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

4  But Faber couldn't hide him; it would be suicide even to try.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 3: Burning Bright

5  I've tried to imagine," said Montag, "just how it would feel.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

6  He held her and she tried to fight away from him, scratching.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

7  Yes, the Hound's somewhere about the neighborhood, so don't try anything.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 3: Burning Bright

8  He was certain if he tried the same route, everything would work out fine.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

9  And you'll try to judge them and make your decision as to which way to jump, or fall.

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

10  He tried not to look at her mouth, because then Beatty might turn and read what was there, too.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

11  He tried to think about the vacuum upon which the nothingnesses had performed, but he could not.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 3: Burning Bright

12  Montag tried to see the men's faces, the old faces he remembered from the firelight, lined and tired.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 3: Burning Bright

13  They crashed the front door and grabbed at a woman, though she was not running; she was not trying to escape.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

14  Outside, crossing the lawn, on his way to work, he tried not to see how completely dark and deserted Clarisse McClellan's house was.

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

15  Right now she was pulling at his shoulder to try to get him to move so she could take the pillow out and fix it nicely and put it back.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

16  He tried to piece it all together, to go back to the normal pattern of life a few short days ago before the sieve and the sand, Denham's Dentifrice, moth voices, fireflies, the alarms and excursions, too much for a few short days, too much, indeed, for a lifetime.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 3: Burning Bright

17  And if it was not the three walls soon to be four walls and the dream complete, then it was the open car and Mildred driving a hundred miles an hour across town, he shouting at her and she shouting back and both trying to hear what was said, but hearing only the scream of the car.

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Context   In PART 1: The Hearth and the Salamander