Quotes from book
Citizen of the Galaxy

Name: Citizen of the Galaxy
Author: Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein

A youth who has known only the primitive life of a galaxy slave is purchased by a beggar who turns out to be a man with many extracurricular activities.

“I used to wonder what it was like to be rich. Now I am and it turns out to be mostly headaches.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Citizen of the Galaxy

Source: Citizen of the Galaxy (1957), Chapter 20 (p. 224)

“Pop, who maintained that a wise man could not be insulted, since truth could not insult and untruth was not worthy of notice.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Citizen of the Galaxy

Source: Citizen of the Galaxy (1957), Chapter 10 (p. 108)

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