I couldn’t help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for–to find out how much a man could take without breaking.
KURT VONNEGUTThe 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.
More Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone.
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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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You were sick, but now you’re well again, and there’s work to do.
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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.
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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
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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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Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
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When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
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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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And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
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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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My life is nothing but room for you. I said. It could never be filled by anyone but you.
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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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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning do to do afterward.
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