How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Summer gathered in the weather, the wind had the proper touch, the breathing of the world was long and warm and slow. You had only to rise, lean from your window, and know that this indeed was the first real time of freedom and living; this was the first morning of summer. (1.1)
Memory is transformative in this book, it has the power to transport characters to other times and places. Here, Doug's memory allows him to recognize freedom when he sees, feels, smells, tastes, and touches it.
Quote #2
Well he felt sorry for boys who lived in California where they wore tennis shoes all year and never knew what it was to get winter off your feet… (5.12)
Doug appreciates summer even more because he suffered through the winter—in summer, he remembers winter and enjoys what is different during this warmer season. It's kind of like how Lena Auffmann appreciates sunsets a lot more because they only happen once a day—recollection allows for anticipation, and then, appreciation in the moment.
Quote #3
Mr. Sanderson stood in the sun-blazed door, listening. From a long time ago, when he dreamed as a boy, he remembered the sound. Beautiful creatures leaping under the sky, gone through brush, under trees, away, and only the soft echo their running left behind. (5.60)
After Doug convinces Mr. Sanderson to try on the sneakers, and Mr. Sanderson watches Doug run off in a new pair like a speedy wild animal, he stands remembering his own boyhood. The echo of the imaginary animals is Bradbury's metaphor for Sanderson's recalling of his past.