But if you didn't have more urgent things to do after supper [in boot camp], you could write a letter, loaf, gossip, discuss the myriad mental shortcomings of sergeants and, dearest of all, talk about the female of the species (we became convinced that there was no such creatures, just mythology created by inflamed imaginations - one boy in our company claimed to have seen a girl, over at regimental headquarters; he was unanimously judged a liar and a braggart).
Robert A. HeinleinLiberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.
Robert A. HeinleinWhen it donโt rain, the roof donโt leak; when it rains, I canโt fix it nohow.
Robert A. Heinlein