“Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive—and unpredictable.”
Robert A. Heinlein book I Will Fear No Evil
Source: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 26, p. 452
“Hale!' Kat cried, but the boy only stared at her. 'Fine,' she conceded. 'I love your boat.'
'Ship.'
'Ship… Your ship is beautiful.”
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