all that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a great depression. we may even be… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
One of [ways being lucky] was to go to school during the Great Depression because teaching became a plum job. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Oh, sure, we have another world war coming, and another great depression, but where are the leaders this time? — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Many years ago I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The smartest people in Indianapolis became teachers [during the Great Depression]. And, for once, there was something for women to do because… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Phoebe Hurty hired me to write copy for ads about teen aged clothes. I had to wear the clothes I praised. That… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The Great Depression was going on, so that the station and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You must bloom as a writer and I must bloom as a painter. Everything else about us is uninteresting.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Have a good nap, did you?” said the porter. “Yes,” said Billy. “Man,” said the porter, “you sure had a hard-on.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I told him that if we doubted that we are demons in Hell, he should read The Mysterious Stranger, which Mark Twain wrote in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson High School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I had a certain amount of skill as a dramatist, and Dr. Goebbels wanted me to use it” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The town was Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Earth, Solar System, Milky Way.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Her face was one of a kind, a surprising variation that made observers think, Yes--that would be another very nice way for people to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You finally fell in love, I see,” said Salo. “Only an Earthling year ago,” said Constant. “It took us that long to realize that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Like all Earthlings at the point of death, Mary Young sent faint reminders of herself to those who had known her. She released a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And contrast Mary Kathleen, if you will, with my wife Ruth, the Ophelia of the death camps, who believed that even the most intelligent… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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