Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, It might have been.
KURT VONNEGUTOf all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, It might have been.
KURT VONNEGUTWhat 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.
KURT VONNEGUTThere are too many of us and we are all too far apart.
KURT VONNEGUTI can have oodles of charm when I want to.
KURT VONNEGUTI 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.
KURT VONNEGUTDo 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 VONNEGUTThere is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.
KURT VONNEGUTWe have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
KURT VONNEGUTSo 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.
KURT VONNEGUTA sane person to an insane society must appear insane.
KURT VONNEGUTThere 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.
KURT VONNEGUTThe universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.
KURT VONNEGUTAnd yet another moral occurs to me now: Make love when you can. It’s good for you.
KURT VONNEGUTYou were sick, but now you’re well again, and there’s work to do.
KURT VONNEGUTMy life is nothing but room for you. I said. It could never be filled by anyone but you.
KURT VONNEGUTIf you can do no good, at least do no harm.
KURT VONNEGUT