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Dad’s voice was a midnight school, teaching deep fathom hours, and the subject was life.
— Ray Bradbury · Something Wicked This Way Comes
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker remembers their father's voice at night as a kind of school, holding deep, unhurried hours of instruction. What he taught was life itself. The image is tender and admiring, treating his talk as both nourishing and profound.
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