Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
KURT VONNEGUTHere we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
More Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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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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I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, It might have been.
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Americans, are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.
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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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We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
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Science is magic that works.
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The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn’t want to be used by anybody.
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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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There 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.
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I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.
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All right – I’ll tell you what you did for me: you went for happy, silly, beautiful walks with me.
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The only proof he needed for existence of god was music.
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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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