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> [“love was an unstable reaction with a half-life of about eight months. Bullshit, I said, and accused him of wearing cultural blinders; thirty centuries of prewar society taught that love was one thing that could last to the grave and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/love-was-an-unstable-reaction-with-a-half-life-of-about-eight-months/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

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## More by Joe Haldeman

> [“-I die. Before I die my body turns hair-side-in. People come from everywhere to see the insides of themselves. But the sight makes them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/i-die-before-i-die-my-body-turns-hair-side-in-people-come-from/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“love was an unstable reaction with a half-life of about eight months. Bullshit, I said, and accused him of wearing cultural blinders; thirty centuries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/love-was-an-unstable-reaction-with-a-half-life-of-about-eight-months/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“It was the cat, who had the usual talent for hiding from people who like cats and cleaving unto those who have sinus trouble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/it-was-the-cat-who-had-the-usual-talent-for-hiding-from-people-who/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“I die. I breathe in and breahe in and cannot exhale. I explode all over my friends. They forget my name and pretend it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/i-die-i-breathe-in-and-breahe-in-and-cannot-exhale-i-explode-all-over/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [All experience is memory, and so everything you write about is from memory-unless you're writing about typing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/all-experience-is-memory-and-so-everything-you-write-about-is-from/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there…the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/relativity-propped-it-up-at-least-gave-it-the-illusion-of-being-there/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“I die. O my hair falls out and my flesh rots and my bones are cracked by the hungry ta!a'an. He drops me behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/i-die-o-my-hair-falls-out-and-my-flesh-rots-and-my-bones-are-cracked/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“He's asleep in the harbor, disguised as dog shit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/he-s-asleep-in-the-harbor-disguised-as-dog-shit/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/all-reality-becomes-illusory-and-observer-oriented-when-you-study/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“We're headed for Aleph-7. Panty raid." New slang term for the type of operation whose main object was to gather Tauran artifacts, and prisoners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/we-re-headed-for-aleph-7-panty-raid-new-slang-term-for-the-type-of/)

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> [Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/big-money-seeks-out-the-company-of-its-own-for-purposes-of/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“On Earth, we’d just use glue, but here the only fluid was helium, which has lots of interesting properties, but is definitely not sticky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/on-earth-we-d-just-use-glue-but-here-the-only-fluid-was-helium-which/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“... then unleashed Stargate's 18 sex-starved men on our women, compliant and promiscuous by military custom and law...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/then-unleashed-stargate-s-18-sex-starved-men-on-our-women-compliant/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“He had a moustache-and-beard combination that looked like a skinny white caterpillar taking a lap around his mouth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/he-had-a-moustache-and-beard-combination-that-looked-like-a-skinny/)

[Joe Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-haldeman/)

> [“Politicians cover their mistakes with money; cooks cover their mistakes with mayonnaise; doctors cover theirs with dirt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/politicians-cover-their-mistakes-with-money-cooks-cover-their/)

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