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People quoted Henry Dorselblad’s indictment of modern society: “Women needed the law’s special protection when they were legally inferiors of men. Now they have equality and special protection. They can’t have both!”

— William Tenn The Wooden Star (1968)

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Science, my forward-looking friend, is a complex of interlocking theories, all derived from observation.

Time in Advance (1958)

Scrabbling like mad at their beloved fence, the politicians tried to avoid taking a definite position on either side.

The Wooden Star (1968)

The pull of fashion has always been that of the stampeding herd.

The Wooden Star (1968)

Haven’t you ever heard it said that money isn’t everything, but that what it isn’t it can buy?

Time in Advance (1958)

A man doesn’t volunteer for a hitch in hell just so he can knock off one of the devils.

Time in Advance (1958)

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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