Fuck Yeah, Kurt Vonnegut!

Nov 13
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The creatures were friendly, and they could see in four dimensions. They pitied Earthlings for being able to only see three.
— Slaughterhouse-Five (via violetlight)
Nov 12
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Nov 11
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Why don’t you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut? Why don’t you take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon?
— Kurt Vonnegut via Cat’s Cradle (via brainfever) (via oldfilmsflicker) (via hammerito)
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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. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.
— Kurt Vonnegut via God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (via brainfever) (via karikarikari) (via hammerito)
Nov 07
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This was when Billy first came unstuck in time. His attention began to swing grandly through the full arc of his life, passing into death, which was violet light. There wasn’t anybody else there, or any thing. There was just violet light— and a hum.
— Slaughterhouse Five (via violetlight)
Nov 06
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My god - life! Who can understand even one little minute of it?
— Kurt Vonnegut. (via mineshaftgap)
Nov 05
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Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
— Kurt Vonnegut (via mouthfullofgommy)
Nov 04
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The skyline was intricate and voluptuous and enchanted and absurd. It looked like a Sunday school picture of Heaven to Billy Pilgrim.
— Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut (via mouthfullofgommy)
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As an Earthling, I had to believe whatever clocks said — and calendars.
— Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut (via mouthfullofgommy)
Nov 03
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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 (via quote-book) (via lovehillaryann) (via vom)