Leave something behind

Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. … The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.

Granger Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury

Context: Granger tells Montag what his grandfather taught him about a life's work.

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Source: Part Three: Burning Bright

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