“If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Farnham's Freehold
“...a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Farnham's Freehold
“No one ever does anything but what he wants to do—'enjoys'—within the possibilities open to him. If I change a tire, it's because I enjoy it more than being stranded.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Farnham's Freehold
“All men must die, it was their single common heritage. But a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Farnham's Freehold
“You don't own a cat, he is a free citizen. Take”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Farnham's Freehold
Robert A. Heinlein
Born place: in Butler, MO, The United States
Born date July 7, 1907
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“Stone touched the air with the tip of his chopstick as if he was dotting an i with a quill pen. “Your talker there, he’s Sang Ki Park. He doesn’t run the gang. That would be his uncle, Young Min Park. Sang is the second in command. They’re Ssang Yong Pa—the Double Dragon gang—straight out of the R-O-K. Hard-core and nasty.” ROK was the Republic of Korea. I”
― Robert Crais, quote from Taken
“The opposition to Negro education in the South was at first bitter, and showed itself in ashes, insult, and blood; for the South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro.”
― W.E.B. Du Bois, quote from The Souls of Black Folk
“To become aware of our history is to become aware of our singularity.”
― Octavio Paz, quote from The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
“Pois a mulher é bela... para o homem. Ela é doce ao paladar do homem, ela é perfume em suas narinas. Ela é fogo em seu sangue, é o toque das trombetas. Sua voz é a mais pura música em seus ouvidos. E ela pode abalar a alma do homem, que, de outro modo, mantém-se inabalável diante da terrível presença dos Titãs da Luz e das Trevas. E além de suas estrelas, nos distantes paraísos de sua imaginação, valkíria ou houri, o homem faz, de bom grado, um lugar para a mulher; pois ele não poderia ver um paraíso sem ela. E a espada cantando na batalha não canta canção tão doce como aquela que a mulher canta ao homem só com seu riso ao luar, seu gemido de amor na escuridão ou seu andar ondulante ao sol, enquanto ele cai, tonto de desejo, na grama.”
― Jack London, quote from The Star Rover
“We didn't speak, just drove out of the city into the countryside on our way to absolutely nowhere, and when we found that perfect spot among the trees, we stopped and looked at each other. Swallows swooped through the red sky, back from their adventure, and we held each other underneath the ketchup clouds, willing time to stop and the world to forget us for a while.”
― Annabel Pitcher, quote from Ketchup Clouds
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