Double Star

by Robert A. Heinlein

a woman will forgive any action, up to and including assault with violence, but is easily insulted by language; the lovelier half of our race is symbol-oriented—very strange, in view of their extreme practicality.

A political figure is not a single man, so I was learning, but a compatible team.

here was a man who knew what he wanted and (much rarer!) why he wanted it. I could not help but be impressed, and it forced me to examine my own beliefs. What did I live by?

Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.

“Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong—but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong! Heaven save us from poltroons who fear to make a choice. Let us stand up and be counted.”

“If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.”