Robert Anson Heinlein (; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction, and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre...
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do to get something better.
—Miranda Kenneally in Catching Jordan