Kurt Vonnegut quotes - page 18

The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German Shepherd. She was shivering. Her tail was between her legs. She had been borrowed that morning from a farmer. She had never been to war before. She had no idea what game was being played. Her name was Princess. (Kurt Vonnegut)
On Tralfamadore, says Billy Pilgrim, there isn't much interest in Jesus Christ. The Earthling figure who is most engaging to the Tralfamadorian mind, he says, is Charles Darwin - who taught that those who die are meant to die, that corpses are improvements. So it goes. View quote
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Her face ... was a one-of-a-kind, a surprising variation on a familiar theme - a variation that made observers think, Yes - that would be another very nice way for people to look. What Beatrice had done with her face, actually, was what any plain girl could do. She overlaid it with dignity, suffering, intelligence, and a piquant dash of bitchiness. View quote
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Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present. View quote
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You realize, of course, that everything I say is horseshit. View quote
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People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers. View quote
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Having a yacht is a reason for being more cheerful than most. View quote
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It is just an illusion here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone, it is gone forever. View quote
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History! Read it and weep! View quote
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There is no way a beautiful woman can live up to what she looks like for an appreciable length of time. View quote
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I found me a place where I can do good without doing any harm, and I can see I'm doing good, and them I'm doing good for know I'm doing it, and they love me, Unk, as best they can. I found me a home. (Kurt Vonnegut)
I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on. View quote
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It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love. View quote
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Sometimes I wonder about the Creator of the Universe. View quote
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She broke my heart. I didn't like that much. But that was the price. In this world, you get what you pay for. View quote
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It's a nice glass of champagne at the end of a life. View quote
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The surface of Earth heaved and seethed in fecund restlessness. Earth was most fertile where the most death was. View quote
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He couldn't tell the difference between one politician and another. They were all formlessly enthusiastic chimpanzees to him. View quote
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The little girls were wearing black party dresses and black party shoes, so strangers would know at once how nice they were. View quote
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Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided. View quote
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I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. (Kurt Vonnegut)
The champagne was dead. So it goes. View quote
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Round and round we spin, with feet of lead and wings of tin. View quote
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I know of very few people who are dreaming of a world for their grandchildren. View quote
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There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. View quote
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