“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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“Get back to work, he would tell himself sternly. There's a garuda to get airborne.”
― China Miéville, quote from Perdido Street Station
“There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty.”
― Marguerite Yourcenar, quote from Memoirs of Hadrian
“This was the substance of every moment, she realized: the body - never certain if the next lungful would be its last - hovering for a tiny time between cessation and continuance. And in that space out of time, between a breath expelled and another drawn, the miraculous was easy, because neither flesh nor reason has laid their edicts there.”
― Clive Barker, quote from Imajica
“The right sort (of story) come of themselves: they tap at my forehead and say 'Here we are.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
“Nothing again. No one is listening. No one is waiting to hear the kicking of a man above. It is unexpected. You have no ears for someone like me.”
― Dave Eggers, quote from What Is the What
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