““I wish Doc Pickering was here.”
“Yeah, and if fish had feet, they’d be mice.””

—  Robert A. Heinlein , book Space Cadet

Source: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 14 “The Natives are Friendly...”, p. 160

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American science fiction author 1907–1988

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