Saul's vitals were not human, but familiar:
he never told me he was from another world:
I never told him I was from his future.

Joe Haldeman

Tags: science-fiction sestina spoiler

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There's no such thing as writing about the future. The future hasn't happened yet.

Joe Haldeman

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Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.

Joe Haldeman

Tags: writing adultery

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Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.

Joe Haldeman

Tags: first-sentence

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Joe Haldeman

Tags: kindlehighlight

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Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket.

Joe Haldeman

Tags: humor major-william-mandella

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I'm not quite Machiavellian enough to set him up, but if he strays too close to the edge I might give him a nudge.

Joe Haldeman

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The 1143-year-long war hand begun on false pretenses and only because the two races were unable to communicate.

Once they could talk, the first question was 'Why did you start this thing?' and the answer was 'Me?

Joe Haldeman

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Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop.

Joe Haldeman

Tags: doctors human-body

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He's asleep in the harbor, disguised as dog shit.

Joe Haldeman

Tags: sarcasm snark

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