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All You Zombies
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"All You Zombies" Quotes

A time-traveling secret agent faces a mind-bending paradox in this science fiction classic.

Quotes

I know where I came from - but where did all you zombies come from?

Robert A. Heinlein

existentialism

The snake that bites its tail is a good image of life. It’s me. I’m my own father and mother.

Robert A. Heinlein

identity

You see, we have all the time to fall in love, to get married, to have children and grandchildren. But we can never go back, never revisit the past.

Robert A. Heinlein

timeregret

I’m my own grandpa, I’m my own grandma. It’s a crazy joke and I’m the punch line.

Robert A. Heinlein

paradoxhumor

We are all time travelers, each of us hurtling through time at the rate of one second per second.

Robert A. Heinlein

timephilosophy

I am the only one who can make the future happen.

Robert A. Heinlein

determinationfuture

We cannot change the past, but we can create a better future.

Robert A. Heinlein

hopefuture

Love is the only thing that transcends time and space.

Robert A. Heinlein

loveromance

We are all just fragments of time, trying to piece together the puzzle of our existence.

Robert A. Heinlein

identityphilosophy

Life is a series of moments, some good, some bad, all fleeting.

Robert A. Heinlein

lifephilosophy