We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
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We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
KURT VONNEGUTWhen I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
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 VONNEGUTAll this happened, more or less.
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 VONNEGUTRound and round we spin, with feet of lead and wings of tin.
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 VONNEGUTSay what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
KURT VONNEGUTA sane person to an insane society must appear insane.
KURT VONNEGUTTo practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.
KURT VONNEGUTHello 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.
KURT VONNEGUTBeware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.
KURT VONNEGUTIf I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I’m grateful that so many of those moments are nice.
KURT VONNEGUTScience is magic that works.
KURT VONNEGUTMaturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
KURT VONNEGUTOne 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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