“Victory in defeat, there is none higher. She didn't give up, Ben; she's still trying to lift that stone after it has crushed her. She's a father working while cancer eats away his insides, to bring home one more pay check. She's a twelve-year-old trying to mother her brothers and sisters because mama had to go to Heaven. She's a switchboard operator sticking to her post while smoke chokes her and fire cuts off her escape. She's all the unsung heroes who couldn't make it but never quit.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“Is this Paradise?'
'I can guarantee you that it isn't,' Jubal assured him. 'My taxes are due this week.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
'I can guarantee you that it isn't,' Jubal assured him. 'My taxes are due this week.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.”
― Friday
― Friday
“Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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