Robert A. Heinlein citations célèbres
Robert A. Heinlein: Citations en anglais
“He seeks order, not truth. Suppose truth defies order, will he accept it? Will you? I think not.”
Life-Line (p. 16)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Source: To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987), p. 305 (1988 Ace reprint; ISBN 9780441748600)
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 13, “No more privacy than a guppy in an aquarium”, p. 127
“The death rate is the same for us as for anybody … one person, one death, sooner or later.”
Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Captain Helen Walker, Ch. 2
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 12
Richard Ames; chapter 16, p. 200
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
“A man who bets on greed and dishonesty won’t be wrong too often.”
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter IX : Most males have an unhealthy tendency to obey laws., p. 82
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XI : “—citizens must protect themselves.”, p. 100
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter VI : Are men and women one race?, p. 54
Source: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 10
“I hadn’t learned much in high school; I had majored in girls.”
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter IX : Most males have an unhealthy tendency to obey laws., p. 81
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 4, “Boy meets Girl”, p. 45
If This Goes On— (p. 401)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
“The answer to any question starting, "Why don't they—" is almost always, "Money."”
Shooting Destination Moon (1950)
“Never Do Yesterday What Should Be Done Tomorrow.”
"—All You Zombies—" (1958)
Source: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 10 “Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?”, p. 126
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XIX : Something is gained in translation—, p. 166
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 14, “—and beat him when he sneezes”, p. 131
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XIX : Something is gained in translation—, p. 166
“The best things in history are accomplished by people who get “tired of being shoved around.””
Source: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 12
“A man who marries at my age isn’t taking a wife, he’s indenturing a nurse.”
Source: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 14, p. 224
Methuselah’s Children (p. 606)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 10, “—the only game in town”, p. 105
Source: Rocket Ship Galileo (1947), Chapter 10, “The Method of Science”, p. 108
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 13, “No more privacy than a guppy in an aquarium”, p. 126
