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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" Quotes

A group of revolutionaries on the moon fight for their independence from Earth's oppressive rule.

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Luna isn't penal colony. Couldn't afford it. Has some rather unusual if not unique aspects.

Robert A. Heinlein

My balance was poor, but that was to be expected from hairless-ape design.

Robert A. Heinlein

Men don't have curves, Mike.

Robert A. Heinlein

May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live.

Robert A. Heinlein

It relies on human brains, human lack of information, and human weaknesses.

Robert A. Heinlein

A rational man details conditions and is prepared to act according to those conditions.

Robert A. Heinlein

Why, you rare earths, admiring your crude chemistry, not simple or beautiful or'safe.

Robert A. Heinlein

Man was not designed to eat bread alone... but to eat bread-and-butter.

Robert A. Heinlein

One man's Mars is another man's lava desert.

Robert A. Heinlein

Comrades, I beg pardon all for remarks. This is too nice a day to spoil by argument.

Robert A. Heinlein