Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
KURT VONNEGUTWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
More Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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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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There is one other book, that can teach you everything you need to know about life, it’s The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but that’s not enough anymore.
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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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If you can do no good, at least do no harm.
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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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Round and round we spin, with feet of lead and wings of tin.
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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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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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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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A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.
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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
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Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
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Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
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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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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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