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8a6272f We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. choice inspiration imagination life attitude pretend Kurt Vonnegut
49a0807 I 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 Vonnegut
4495e56 Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. Kurt Vonnegut
a801e29 And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles. So the America I loved still exist.. politics books Kurt Vonnegut
486c7b8 If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED music god life kurt vonnegut
58445c9 And so it goes... Kurt Vonnegut
81793cf We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down. writing quip invention wings Kurt Vonnegut
837bfec If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as .. writing arts-and-humanities creative-process Kurt Vonnegut
e24cc84 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. semicolons writing Kurt Vonnegut
a8a714a A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. love Kurt Vonnegut
aba465b And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep. Kurt Vonnegut
9aef295 How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive. life coma Kurt Vonnegut
af7d326 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. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
a9a9e37 And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes. humanity Kurt Vonnegut
f768c9d Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand. nature philosophy Kurt Vonnegut
68b1434 I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. Kurt Vonnegut
b47f016 To be is to do - Socrates Kurt Vonnegut
8cbda4a In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness. And God said, "Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what We have done." And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close to mud as man sat up, looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. "What is the purpose of all this?" he asked politely. "Everything must have a pu.. meaning-of-life purpose Kurt Vonnegut
413e021 Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone. Kurt Vonnegut
e4698c1 I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
d7edea3 Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. Kurt Vonnegut
c714812 I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all. Kurt Vonnegut
b20c37d America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain't no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable tha.. love disgrace poor inequality Kurt Vonnegut
5a50ef4 The only difference between politics humor electoral-politics george-w-bush Kurt Vonnegut
ded40bc Why me? - That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? - Yes. - Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
9254e64 Science is magic that works. Kurt Vonnegut
893d987 All this happened, more or less. Kurt Vonnegut
35ebf83 A sane person to an insane society must appear insane. Kurt Vonnegut
8ebcece What 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. loneliness daring youth community purpose Kurt Vonnegut
e1a06b6 Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. Kurt Vonnegut
7edeae1 All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. Kurt Vonnegut
36c5656 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. Kurt Vonnegut
a92091c If you can do no good, at least do no harm. Kurt Vonnegut
449627a Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile. terrifying vile Kurt Vonnegut
c7de7d4 Do 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 Vonnegut Jr.
5716e8c Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it, and I think it can be poisonous. I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, 'Please -- a little less love, and a little more common decency'. humor love respect Kurt Vonnegut
f5d20a1 Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
8a81245 If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? 'I love you, too'. violence love Kurt Vonnegut
0975369 And yet another moral occurs to me now: Make love when you can. It's good for you. sex morality love Kurt Vonnegut
d9c05f2 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. And I realize some of you may be having trouble deciding whether I am kidding or not. So from now on I will tell you when I'm kidding. For instance, join the National Guard or the Marines and teach democracy. I'm kidding. We are about to be attacked by Al Q.. writing humor creative-process Kurt Vonnegut
a0f44fc I wanted all things To seem to make some sense, So we could all be happy, yes, Instead of tense. And I made up lies So that they all fit nice, And I made this sad world A par-a-dise. poetry Kurt Vonnegut
8217e8a The nicest veterans...the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought. Kurt Vonnegut
f379e4e Anyway--because we are readers, we don't have to wait for some communications executive to decide what we should think about next--and how we should think about it. We can fill our heads with anything from aardvarks to zucchinis--at any time of night or day. reading Kurt Vonnegut
878ecad As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split. writing reviewers critics literary-criticism kurt Vonnegut
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