The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. While the illuminations may not compete with those of The Book of Kells and other ancient illuminated manuscripts, they are compelling as well.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The Notebooks of Lazarus Long is a collection of Heinlein’s wit distilled, and as his character, Lazarus Long, once said, “A motion to adjourn is always in order.”īefore I adjourn this blog entry, let me assert that this brief title should not be missed for its entertainment sake, if not for any other reason. One reads these books for the pleasure of their company, their quips, and useful wit.

Jubal Harshaw from Stranger in a Strange Land, and Johan Sebastian Bach Smith of I Will Fear No Evil are essentially the same character, cranky, very rich and very old men with hearts of gold down deep. Reading Heinlein one comes to believe that his protagonists are different versions of Heinlein himself. Wealth and love are well-served by “Money is a powerful aphrodisiac, but flowers work almost as well,” as is human happiness by “Always yield to temptation.

You might get it” is clearly key to a long life. It appears many times in Long’s Notebooks and in the novels. “Rub her feet” is among the best of Heinlein’s aphorisms. The Notebooks of Lazarus Long are a collection of Long’s aphorisms for wealth, happiness, long life, and love.

He attributes his wealth to the fact he knew to never draw to a pair of deuces, and his long life to never giving anyone the chance to shoot him in the back. Lazarus is rich, wise, and extremely long-lived. He also appears in The Cat That Walks Through Walls, The Number of the Beast, and To Sail Beyond the Sunset, the story of Lazarus’ mother. The character Lazarus Long is the star of two Heinlein novels, Methuselah’s Children and Time Enough for Love.

Lazarus long time enough for love