Robert A. Heinlein1907–1988Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Glory Road (1963)Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other ‘sins’ are invented nonsense.
Time Enough for Love (1973).A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.
Time Enough for Love (1973)- Between Planets (1951), Chapter 2, “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin” (p. 23)
Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
“Jubal Harshaw” in the first edition (1961)- Time Enough for Love (1973)
- The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 2
- Friday (1982), Chapter 25 (p. 260)
- Methuselah’s Children (1958)
A monarch’s neck should always have a noose around it—it keeps him upright.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985), Chapter 9 (p. 99)You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.
Logic of Empire (p. 335)There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985), Chapter 3 (p. 33)For dying is not to be feared—it is the final comfort. As we all learn, eventually.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985), Chapter 7 (p. 79)
