Mkeasling

“I’ve found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts . . . because it’s the only thing that’ll make it stop hurting.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

“He had more than his share of that streak of anarchy which was the birthright of every American;”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

“those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they know all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a turr'ble big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one lifetime ain't long enough to git more'n a few dips o' the oars of knowledge”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“But I loved Joe—perhaps for no better reason in those early days than because the dear fellow let me love him”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations