a sad day for the literary world.

[bittermittens]

kurt vonnegut dies at the age of 84.

Comments

[bemyjoeyramone]

oh..this is totally sad :-(

[bittermittens]

i know, i'm totally bummed. not that he was about to crank out another breakfast of champions (my personal favorite), but it's just always sad when another great mind leaves the world. not like we have many of them left.

[blind_sailor]

"Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is 'So it goes'." --Slaughterhouse Five

[bittermittens]

yeah, i really do love how all the news articles are utilizing "so it goes" with his death.