Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, 1922 - 2007
Kurt Vonnegut quotes:
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- Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I was nine years old. I had a brother and a sister, a cat and a dog, and a mother and a father and uncles and aunts. And there's no way I can get there again. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - While we were being bombed in Dresden, sitting in a cellar with our arms over our heads in case the ceiling fell, one soldier said as though he were a duchess in a mansion on a cold and rainy night, "I wonder what the poor people are doing tonight." Nobody laughed, but we were still all glad he said it. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - A Man Without a Country (2005) - Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say? permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Bluebeard (1987) - Why are so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as paper facial tissue? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions (1973) - Women are so useless and unimaginative, aren't they? All they ever think of planting in the dirt is the seed of something beautiful or edible. The only missile they can ever think of throwing at anybody is a ball or a bridal bouquet. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Bluebeard (1987) - You can't fight progress. The best you can do is ignore it, until it finally takes your livelihood and self-respect away. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Jailbird (1979) - You know, the truth can be really powerful stuff. You're not expecting it. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - A Man Without a Country (2005) - You want to know something? We are still in the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages — they haven't ended yet. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Deadeye Dick (1982) - You were sick, but now you're well, and there's work to do. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Timequake (1996) - You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything — and I advise you to do the same. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle (1963)
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