“Remember, though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp—provided it’s loaded.”
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 1, “The Marching Hordes” (p. 14)
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Tunnel in the Sky
Tunnel in the Sky is a juvenile science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1955 by Scribner's as one of the Heinlein juveniles. The story describes a group of students sent on a survival test to an uninhabited planet, who soon realise they are stranded there. The themes of the work include the difficulties of growing up and the nature of man as a social animal.
“The death rate is the same for us as for anybody … one person, one death, sooner or later.”
Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Captain Helen Walker, Ch. 2
“Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal.”
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 2, “The Fifth Way” (p. 42)
“Rod…were you born that stupid? Or did you have to study?”
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 6, “I Think He Is Dead” (p. 104)
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 2, “The Fifth Way” (p. 43)
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 2, “The Fifth Way” (p. 42)
