“I don’t pay attention to politics.” “You should. It’s barely less important than your own heart beat.” “I don’t pay attention to that, either.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“All three of us are prisoners of our early indoctrinations, for it is hard, very nearly impossible, to shake off one’s earliest training.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“Grok’ means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the process being observed—to merge, to blend, to intermarry, to lose personal identity in group experience.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“Call it that if you like. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it one.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“All right, all right, have it your own way! I can’t prove I’m right—so I must be wrong. Men!”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
Bill’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bill’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Bill hasn't connected with his friends on Goodreads, yet.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Bill
Lists liked by Bill




