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> [“He selected a honey-soaked pastry and asked for strong Greek coffee and ice water, then put three bucks in the newspaper machine and selected World, Local, and Comics. He read the comics first, as always, to fortify himself. The world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-haldeman/he-selected-a-honey-soaked-pastry-and-asked-for-strong-greek-coffee/)

[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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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