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Maybe war is an inevitable product of human nature. Maybe to get rid of war, we have to become something other than human.

— Joe Haldeman Forever Peace (1997)

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Nobody else in that platoon can tell a Hamiltonian from a hamburger.

Forever Peace (1997)

Key West is lousy with writers, mostly poor writers, in one sense of that word or the other.

The Hemingway Hoax (1990)

“I’ll be frank with you.” Leonard reflected that that was one of the least trust-inspiring phrases in the language.

Infinite Dreams (1978)

Fathers and daughters don’t communicate that well even when alien languages and secret conspiracies aren’t involved.

Forever Free (1999)

Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction.

For White Hill (1995)

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