7 quotes
Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
“The Great Egg must love human beings, he made a lot of them.”
“Same argument applies to oysters, only more so.”
Beyond This Horizon (1948)
Jealousy is a disease; love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often confuses one for the other, or assumes the greater the love, the greater the jealousy. In fact they are almost incompatible; both at once produce unbearable turmoil.
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
No, I did not decide I was in love with him, after all. Enough men had had me by then that I was not inclined to mistake a hearty orgasm for eternal love.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
I looked it up later; he was right. Dad is an absolute mine of useless information. He says a fact should be loved for itself alone.
Farmer in the Sky (1950)
Babies are fun. And they’re not much trouble. Feed ‘em occasionally, help them when they need it, and love them a lot. That’s all there is to it.
Beyond This Horizon (1948)
The more you love, the more you can love — and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just.
Time Enough for Love (1973)