THE tricky thing to remember about adolescents is that they seem so miserable doing what they are doing that you, their loving and bewildered parents, assume that they would be happier doing something else. They wouldn’t.
“It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child, and there was a lump in Gaal’s throat.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
“Red Planet—Blue Pencil” in The Heinlein Journal No. 8, for January 2001.”
― Red Planet
― Red Planet
“In the end, it comes down, as it always comes down, to each individual human being doing what he—or she—must to live with himself/herself.”
― Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: The Man Who Learned Better, 1948–1988
― Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: The Man Who Learned Better, 1948–1988
“I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.” “You would not abide by a law that the majority felt was necessary?” “Tell me what law, dear lady, and I will tell you whether I will obey it.”
― The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“she would have been disappointed if he had not demonstrated such idealism, for he was yet to reach twenty-one; youth without optimism, without a strong sense of the possible, would represent a very sad state of affairs.”
― A Lesson in Secrets
― A Lesson in Secrets
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