And I'm getting pretty near the end of Time Enough for Love now...

This one hit me today because it sounds like something that would fall out of 'Yote's mouth. 
He does say he was "raised on Heinlein novels" after all. And I can *so* see it.

"--lovemaking is not technique, dear, it's an attitude. Wanting to make someone happy, which  you do."
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Okay, this one is going to be a little longer...but I have to include all of it.

"Then you know what I mean."
     "Only vicariously. But may I quote something Lazarus once said? He was speaking to Ira, but privacy was not placed on it: you'll come across it in his raw memoirs.
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 Heinlein has such WONDERFUL quotes!! :D

"Copulation is spiritual in essence - or it is merely friendly exercise. On second thought, strike out 'merely'. Copulation is not 'merely' - even when it is just a happy passtime for two strangers. But copulation at it's spiritual best is so much more than physical coupling that it is different in kind as ( Read more... )

From Uncle Bob...

"Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills."
     - Robert Heinlein in  Time Enough For Love

Sometimes just because something doesn't feel good, doesn't mean you should take it personally. 
It may not make it feel any *better*, but it keeps you from making it worse. 
*nods*
Got it.