“Mr. Jones, has it ever occurred to you, the world being what it is, that women sometimes prefer not to appear too bright?”

—  Robert A. Heinlein, book Starman Jones

Source: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 19, “A Friend in Need” (p. 211)

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American science fiction author 1907–1988

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