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title: "5 Bunch Quotes By Sarah Vowell"
description: "5 Bunch quotes by Sarah Vowell. Plus more from Sarah Vowell and more Bunch sayings from other authors."
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> [Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/except-for-the-people-who-were-there-that-one-day-they-discovered-the/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/sarah-vowell-2016_bunch_except-for-the-people-who-were-there-tha_647504.png)

> [That's what we Americans do when we find a place that's really special. We go there and act exactly like ourselves. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/that-s-what-we-americans-do-when-we-find-a-place-that-s-really/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/sarah-vowell-2016_americans_that-s-what-we-americans-do-when-we-find_730758.jpg)

> [History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/history-is-one-war-after-another-with-a-bunch-of-murders-and-natural/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/sarah-vowell-2016_bunch_history-is-one-war-after-another-with-a_2165735.png)

> [I'm always disappointed when I see the word 'Puritan' tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid, judgmental killjoys.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/i-m-always-disappointed-when-i-see-the-word-puritan-tossed-around-as/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/sarah-vowell-2016_boring_i-m-always-disappointed-when-i-see-the-w_2433955.png)

> [However, displayed right alongside all the Confederate flag paraphernalia is a bunch of American flag merch – American flag place mats, patriotic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/however-displayed-right-alongside-all-the-confederate-flag/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/sarah-vowell-2016_american-flag_however-displayed-right-alongside-all-th_2584544.jpg)

## Other authors on Bunch

## More by Sarah Vowell

> [“She is either male property (Mrs.), wannabe male property (Miss), or man-hating harpy (Ms.).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/she-is-either-male-property-mrs-wannabe-male-property-miss-or-man/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [“We were breathing sooty air. The soot was composed of incinerated glass and steel but also, we knew, incinerated human flesh. When the local…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/we-were-breathing-sooty-air-the-soot-was-composed-of-incinerated/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/i-was-a-big-nancy-drew-reader-nancy-figures-it-out-case-closed/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [“After Hymns and tears, they boarded the brig Thaddeus, a vessel so crappy, it made the Mayflower look like the QE2.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/after-hymns-and-tears-they-boarded-the-brig-thaddeus-a-vessel-so/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [“The last line of Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is addressed to the American people and their congressmen. "As they deal with me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/the-last-line-of-hawaii-s-story-by-hawaii-s-queen-is-addressed-to-the/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [“In the gravedigger scene in act V, Hamlet looks upon an anonymous skull and jokes that even Alexander the Great decomposed into dust that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/in-the-gravedigger-scene-in-act-v-hamlet-looks-upon-an-anonymous/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [“Another reason I’m intrigued with the hanged of Salem, especially the women, is that a number of them aroused suspicion in the first place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/another-reason-i-m-intrigued-with-the-hanged-of-salem-especially-the/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [Listening to the radio every day for an entire year was a prison sentence. It was the most depressing, annoying, debilitating project I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/listening-to-the-radio-every-day-for-an-entire-year-was-a-prison/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/that-s-what-i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president-i-find-it/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/the-historical-periods-i-like-to-learn-about-aren-t-so-much-costume/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/while-i-gave-up-god-a-long-time-ago-i-never-shook-the-habit-of/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/most-people-don-t-like-to-talk-about-violent-historical-death/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who alphabetize their record collections, and the kind who don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-the-world-the-kind-who-alphabetize/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/what-are-you-hiding-no-one-ever-asks-that/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

> [“I don't have a driver's license (phobia).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/i-don-t-have-a-driver-s-license-phobia/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

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