Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

“Though it ‘wasn’t’ in an adult sense; it was like stubborn sulkiness of a child whose feelings are hurt.”

thing that makes puppies cry and causes people to suicide: loneliness.

we are what we are because bad actors don’t live long–

To a revolutionist, communications are a sine-qua-non.

A rational anarchist believes that concepts such as “state” and “society” and “government” have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals. He believes that it is impossible to shift blame, share blame, distribute blame… as blame, guilt, responsibility, are matters taking place inside human beings singly and nowhere else. But being rational, he knows that not all individuals hold his evaluations, so he tries to live perfectly in an imperfect world… aware that his effort will be less than perfect yet undismayed by self-knowledge of self-failure. 

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory. 

What can’t be cured must be endured

or

What can’t be cured must be tossed out and something better put in its place.