The concept of fiction was nowhere in Mike's experience; there was nothing on which it could rest, and… — Robert A. Heinlein

The concept of fiction was nowhere in Mike's experience; there was nothing on which it could rest, and Jubal's attempts to explain the idea were so emotionally upsetting to Mike that Jill was afraid that he was about to roll up into a ball and withdraw himself.

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