Although he moved away from the Midwest for good at the age of thirteen, Ray Bradbury is a prairie writer. The prairie is in his voice, and it is his moral compass. It is his years spent in Waukegan, Illinois - later rechristened by Ray as 'Green Town' in many books and stories - that forever shaped him.

Sam Weller

Age Although Away Books Compass Forever Good Green He Him His Illinois Later Many Midwest Moral Moral Compass Moved Prairie Ray Shaped Spent Stories Thirteen Town Voice Writer Years

Related Quotes

A nation cannot be truly great without a moral compass.

— Marcia Fudge

CannotCompassGreat

Much of the world's moral compass is broken. The moral north reads south and the moral south reads north.

— Dennis Prager

BrokenCompassMoral

My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble.

— Michael Biehn

CompassFarGratuitous

A man might desire something for a moment, while a larger part of him rejects it. You'll need to learn to judge people by their actions, not their thoughts.

— Helene Wecker

insightfulinterestingmoral-compass

The co-called moral compass is a part of the human cognition, and when that compass comes into action through human behavior, it turns an ordinary biological creature into a unique moral being of conscience.

— Abhijit Naskar

consciencemoral-compassmorality