Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.
KURT VONNEGUTLive by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.
More Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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Science is magic that works.
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I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.
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There are too many of us and we are all too far apart.
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What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.
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Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies- God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.
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Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, It might have been.
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I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.
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Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.
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I can have oodles of charm when I want to.
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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
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So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
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My life is nothing but room for you. I said. It could never be filled by anyone but you.
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All this happened, more or less.
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If I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I’m grateful that so many of those moments are nice.
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One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
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