“Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.”
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Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians, and explores his interaction with and eventual transformation of Terran culture.
“Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.”
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“A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom.”
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“Thinking doesn't pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
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“His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
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“Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
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“Christ was crucified for preaching without a police permit”
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“There is no safety this side of the grave”
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“Thou art god, I am god. All that groks is god.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
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“He's as weird as snake's suspenders but sweet as a stolen kiss, too.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
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Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
"Jubal Harshaw" in the first edition (1961); this is another line not in the "Uncut" edition of 1991 based on his original manuscripts, because this was one of the lines that Heinlein added, rather than trimmed down, during the editing process of the first edition.
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961; 1991)
Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
"Jubal Harshaw"
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961; 1991)
