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Quotes from The Cat Who Walks Through Walls — Robert A. Heinlein

1907–1988 United States

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33 quotes

“My uncle used to say, ‘Never pick up a stray kitten…unless you’ve already made up your mind to be owned by it.’”

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

A monarch’s neck should always have a noose around it—it keeps him upright.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

A beautiful summer day in Iowa leaves no room for worry.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

Women and cats do what they do; there is nothing a man can do about it.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

Life is filled with tragedy; if you let it overwhelm you, you cannot enjoy life’s innocent pleasures.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

Billiards will never replace sex, or even tomatoes.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

For dying is not to be feared—it is the final comfort. As we all learn, eventually.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

Shrinks are the blind leading the blind; even the best of them are dealing from a short deck. Anyone who consults a shrink should have his head examined.

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There ought to be some rule limiting the number of emotional shocks a person can legally be subjected to in one day.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

Protocol is either useful or it should be abolished.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

How can you argue with a woman who won’t?

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day.

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“The answer to ‘Why’ is always ‘Money.’”

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

Every closet has a skeleton. This is a natural law.

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Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. (needs chapter and page reference, please)

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It would be silly of me to argue with something I don’t understand.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

You’re not stupid, Richard, just spiritual.

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“Dr. Harshaw says that ’the word “love” designates a subjective condition in which the welfare and happiness of another person are essential to one’s own happiness.’”

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert A. Heinlein (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.