Lynda

“Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.”
― Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

“Thing that got me was not her list of things she hated, since she was obviously crazy as a Cyborg, but fact that always somebody agreed with her prohibitions. Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws — always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up. Because not one of those people said: "Please pass this so that I won't be able to do something I know I should stop." Nyet, tovarishchee, was always something they hated to see neighbors doing. Stop them "for their own good" — not because speaker claimed to be harmed by it.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns that he must die ...and accepts his sentence undismayed.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress