"It’s perpetual motion; the thing man wanted to invent but never did. . . . It’s a mystery. . . . Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences . . . clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later. Antibiotic, aesthetic,
practical."
These are the words that Beatty spoke to Montag just before Montag burned him to a crisp. He speaks of fire. He describes fire as beautiful, and he loves its ability to burn away responsibility and consequences.
P. 41
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