Le farfalle sono fiori semoventi.
- Robert A. Heinlein




Study of Flowers Anemones and Tulips
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c.1906 - 1910

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...the usual problem is a space suit is to keep from being boiled like a lobster. You have vacuum all around you and it's 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 to get rid of heat.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_Have Space Suit–Will Travel_ 1958

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...spies are a tricky lot; he's likely to sell you the parts you can get free from a public library.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_Starship Troopers_ 1959

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Imperial ship from "The Logic of Empire" by Robert A. Heinlein. Illustration by Hubert Rogers, Astounding Stories, March 1941

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Maybe eight gees was too much for it [the watch], even though it was suppose to be shockproof, waterproof, magnetism-proof, and immune to un-American influences.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_Have Space Suit–Will Travel_ 1958

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“Women and cats do what they do; there is nothing a man can do about it” - Robert A. Heinlein
Art: Sleeping friends by Madalena Lobao-Tello

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Illustrations for Tramp Space Ship by Robert A. Heinlein in Boys' Life magazine, 1952; later re-titled The Rolling Stones for the book.

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...experiences disgusting even to Baslim, old and hardened as he was. Repeatedly Thorby had fought against it, nor could Baslim blame him—he felt now that he could count the scars on the boy's back and assign a villain to each.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_Citizen of the Galaxy_ 1957

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Aujourd'hui, on remonte le temps (mais sans Doctor Who !) pour découvrir Waldo, une novella de Robert A. Heinlein () https://t.co/Dp6faxRms2

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I have the advantage, of not knowing too much about the subject. Facts are always a handicap in a philosophical debate.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_Farmer in the Sky_ 1950

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“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

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"Children of the Future" (1972) by Bruce Pennington. Pennington is a British painter who created science fiction and fantasy novel cover art for Isaac Asimov, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert A. Heinlein. He is famous for his flying saucers.

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“Tramp Space Ship” aka "Space Family Stone" (Boys Life, September-December 1952), by Robert Heinlein, illustrations by Reynold Brown.

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“Satellite Scout” aka "Farmer in the sky" (Boys Life, August-November 1950), a serial by Robert Heinlein, illustrations by Reynolds Brown

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I still had some money and thought about trying to find some free-dealers; they say that you can find them around a hotel. But Dad says that 'free-dealer' is a fake word; they are black marketeers and no gentleman will buy from them.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_Farmer in the Sky_ 1950

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Since Thorby had no talent he became an actor.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_Citizen of the Galaxy_ 1957

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Free will is a golden thread running through the frozen matrix of fixed events.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_The Rolling Stones_ 1952

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Goodbyes are not comfort; only remembrance is a comfort.

-Robert A. Heinlein
_Citizen of the Galaxy_ 1957

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