

“They鈥檙e all fucking men,鈥 she said. 鈥淓xcuse me?鈥 Soren said. 鈥淭he generals. They鈥檙e all fucking men.鈥 鈥淚 thought Souther was the only鈥斺 鈥淚 don鈥檛 mean that they all fuck men. I mean they鈥檙e all men, the fuckers. How long has it been since a woman was in charge of the armed forces? Not since I came here. So instead, we wind up with another example of what happens to policy when there鈥檚 too much testosterone in the room.”
― Caliban's War
― Caliban's War

“He鈥檇 read accounts of extravehicular euphoria, but the experience was unlike anything he鈥檇 imagined. He was the eye of God, drinking in the light of infinite stars, and he was a speck of dust on a speck of dust, clipped by his mag boots to the body of a ship unthinkably more powerful than himself, and unimportant before the face of the abyss.”
― Caliban's War
― Caliban's War

“I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you're a teacher you're in a constant battle with mildly deluded adults who think the world will get better if you imagine it is better. You want to teach about sex? Fine, but only when they're old enough to do it. You want to talk politics? Sure, but nothing modern. Religion? So long as you don't actually think about it. Otherwise some furious mob will come to your house and burn you for a witch.”
― The Gone-Away World
― The Gone-Away World

“Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
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