Quotes from bookSpace Cadet
Space Cadet is a 1948 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about Matt Dodson, who joins the Space Patrol to help preserve peace in the Solar System. The story translates the standard military academy story into outer space: a boy from Iowa goes to officer school, sees action and adventure, shoulders responsibilities far beyond his experience, and becomes a man. It was published as the second of the series of Heinlein juveniles and inspired the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet media empire, including the 1950s television series and radio show which made "Space Cadet" a household phrase whose meaning later shifted in popular culture.
Robert A. Heinlein book Space Cadet
Source: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 10 “Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?”, p. 126
““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
Robert A. Heinlein book Space Cadet
Source: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 6 “Reading, and ’riting, and ’rithmetic—”, p. 71
“The sort of guardian you can hire is worth about as much as the sort of wife you can buy.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Space Cadet
Source: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 12 “P.R.S. Pathfinder”, p. 143
