Granger is talking about how insignificant every human
actually is. Not a single one of us will live but more than a glimpse in the long scheme
of time. What we do with that little moment is important, but even those who are
well-recognized in their time, and even after, rarely last forever in the memories of
those who follow. Granger followed the words you quoted with
these:
But even when we had the books
on hand, a long time ago, we didn't use what we got out of them. We went right on
insulting the dead. We went right on spitting in the graves of all the poor ones who
died before us.
His point is that we
don't do much with what we have while we have it. So before we get conceited and think
we have life and everything around us all figured out, it is important to recognize how
small we are in the large scheme of things. On his own, Montag isn't much. But the power
of the group could be tremendous if each one did their part.
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