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Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.

— Robert A. Heinlein

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  3. It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.
  4. Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.
  5. It is better to copulate than never.
  6. Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.
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  8. Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well.

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Topics in this quote

  • life
  • freedom
  • growth
  • children
  • childhood
  • innocence

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