May 2009
22 posts
There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look
– Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle (via maiawithoutsound)
Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you...
– Kurt Vonnegut, on telling his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion.
I myself...
– Kurt Vonnegut (via peepingtom)
bebelestrange:
From Kurt Vonnegut’s New York Times obituary.
To Mr. Vonnegut, the only possible redemption for the madness and apparent meaninglessness of existence was human kindness. The title character in his 1965 novel, “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine,” summed up his philosophy:
“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s...
“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians,...
– Kurt Vonnegut [A Man Without a Country]
We do, doodley do, doodley do, doodely do,
What we must, muddily must, muddily...
– Bokonon, “Cat’s Cradle”
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone... →
Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the...
– from “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” by Kurt Vonnegut
When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
– Kurt Vonnegut, on writing (via maiawithoutsound)
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE...
– Kurt Vonnegut (via gnomechomsky)
"Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the...
There is no why.”
(via gunstreetgirl)