Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn’t it such a relief to have somebody say that?
KURT VONNEGUTWhen I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
More Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time.
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Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it, and I think it can be poisonous. I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, ‘Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency’.
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The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.
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To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.
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Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.
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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.
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Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
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All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.
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A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
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Can you see anything in the dark, with your sunglasses on? she asked me. The big show is inside my head, I said.
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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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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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The only proof he needed for existence of god was music.
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The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon.
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