Every time we killed a thousand Bugs at a cost of one M.I. it was a net victory for the Bugs. We were learning, expensively, just how efficient a total communism can be when used by a people actually adapted to it by evolution; the Bug commisars didn't care any more about expending soldiers than we cared about expending ammo. Perhaps we could have figured this out about the Bugs by noting the grief the Chinese Hegemony gave the Russo-Anglo-American Alliance; however the trouble with 'lessons from history' is that we usually read them best after falling flat on our chins.
Robert A. HeinleinThen I glanced at the ring on my finger. The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where I came fromโbut where did all you zombies come from? I felt a headache coming on, but a headache powder is one thing I do not take. I did onceโand you all went away. So I crawled into bed and whistled out the light. You arenโt really there at all. There isnโt anybody but meโJaneโhere alone in the dark. I miss you dreadfully!
Robert A. HeinleinI took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working.
Robert A. HeinleinCertainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.
Robert A. Heinlein