tribute
kurt vonnegut died last night. as i never knew the man, i can't say that i cried or anything, but it was definitely a sad moment. i called my mom and we talked about it for a while, and then she asked me, "can you think of any author, of your generation or not, who can be compared to him?" and immediately i said no. vonnegut was definitely one of a kind. his work was original and revolutionary. i told my mom, "he almost is in a genre by himself."
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before...He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way." - Cat's Cradle
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
"All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber." - Slaughterhouse V
"I want to stay 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."
"I wish one and all long and happy lives, no matter what may become of them afterwards. Use sunscreen! Don’t smoke cigarettes. Cigars, however, are good for you … Firearms are also good for you … Gunpowder has zero fat and zero cholesterol. That goes for dumdums, too." - God Bless You Dr. Kevorkian
"If you can do no good, at least do no harm." - Slapstick
"I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours."
"Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy." - Cat's Cradle
"Love is where you find it. I think that it is foolish to go looking for it, and I think that it can often be poisonous." - Slapstick
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." - Mother Night
r.i.p. you will be missed.
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before...He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way." - Cat's Cradle
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
"All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber." - Slaughterhouse V
"I want to stay 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."
"I wish one and all long and happy lives, no matter what may become of them afterwards. Use sunscreen! Don’t smoke cigarettes. Cigars, however, are good for you … Firearms are also good for you … Gunpowder has zero fat and zero cholesterol. That goes for dumdums, too." - God Bless You Dr. Kevorkian
"If you can do no good, at least do no harm." - Slapstick
"I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours."
"Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy." - Cat's Cradle
"Love is where you find it. I think that it is foolish to go looking for it, and I think that it can often be poisonous." - Slapstick
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." - Mother Night
r.i.p. you will be missed.