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title: "57 Kurt Vonnegut Quotes by 38 authors"
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> [We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-have-this-habit-of-romanticizing-the-lives-of-writers-i-remember/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Kurt Vonnegut and I - it's not an exaggeration to say we were best friends. And I grew up just idolizing him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-b-weide/kurt-vonnegut-and-i-it-s-not-an-exaggeration-to-say-we-were-best/)

[Robert B. Weide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-b-weide/)

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> [“We are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you any different. KURT VONNEGUT, JR.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-ryan/we-are-here-on-earth-to-fart-around-and-don-t-let-anybody-tell-you/)

[Christopher Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-ryan/)

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> [As Richard Pryor was to Eddie Murphy, that's what Kurt Vonnegut was to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/as-richard-pryor-was-to-eddie-murphy-that-s-what-kurt-vonnegut-was-to/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [“Billy Pilgrim: "You guys go on without me. I'll be alright." Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/billy-pilgrim-you-guys-go-on-without-me-i-ll-be-alright/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorde/i-read-a-lot-of-short-fiction-like-kurt-vonnegut-and-raymond-carver/)

[Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorde/)

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> [ I think the essence of \[Kurt\] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/i-think-the-essence-of-kurt-vonnegut-s-humanism-lay-in-his-emphasis/)

[Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/)

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> [I used to agree with Kurt Vonnegut, who said that the human race has a snowball's chance in hell of being around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/i-used-to-agree-with-kurt-vonnegut-who-said-that-the-human-race-has-a/)

[Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/)

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> [ I think that his \[Kurt Vonnegut's\] appeal, though, will always be chiefly to adolescents. His sense of the world matches that of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/i-think-that-his-kurt-vonnegut-s-appeal-though-will-always-be-chiefly/)

[Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/)

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> [“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s wet and round and crowded. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-silverstone/hello-babies-welcome-to-earth-it-s-hot-in-the-summer-and-cold-in-the-2/)

[Alicia Silverstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-silverstone/)

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> [“recommended gunter reading list. Douglas Adams. Kurt Vonnegut. Neal Stephenson. Richard K. Morgan. Stephen King. Orson Scott Card. Terry Pratchett. Terry Brooks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-cline/recommended-gunter-reading-list-douglas-adams-kurt-vonnegut-neal/)

[Ernest Cline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-cline/)

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> [“Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center. Big, undreamed-of things—the people on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/out-on-the-edge-you-see-all-kinds-of-things-you-can-t-see-from-the/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-true-that-at-the-time-i-was-fond-of-kurt-vonnegut-and-richard/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [ Нe \[Kurt Vonnegut\] felt that life was largely a crap shoot and that we simply need to muddle on as best we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/e-kurt-vonnegut-felt-that-life-was-largely-a-crap-shoot-and-that-we/)

[Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/)

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> [I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-used-to-feel-that-if-i-say-something-s-wrong-i-have-to-say-how-it/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

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> [I wasn't really much of a reader early on, but when I first started getting into reading at around 16 all I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-goldsmith/i-wasn-t-really-much-of-a-reader-early-on-but-when-i-first-started/)

[Taylor Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-goldsmith/)

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> [We were friends with Jonathan Demme. We were all down on the West Side of New York, and I think I met…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/we-were-friends-with-jonathan-demme-we-were-all-down-on-the-west-side/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

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> [“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick The Secret Meaning of Things, Lawrence Ferlinghetti Fantastic Four #89, Stan Lee and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-philip-k-dick-the-secret-meaning/)

[Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/)

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> [I've read some of Kurt Vonnegut letters from when he was young. He was a prisoner of war, and even when he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/i-ve-read-some-of-kurt-vonnegut-letters-from-when-he-was-young-he-was/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

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> [My theory is that Kurt had a lot of residual pain from his childhood. And when you pile that on top of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-j-shields/my-theory-is-that-kurt-had-a-lot-of-residual-pain-from-his-childhood/)

[Charles J. Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-j-shields/)

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> [Kurt Vonnegut talks about how we know there is another family out there and when we find it we get this almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/kurt-vonnegut-talks-about-how-we-know-there-is-another-family-out/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

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> [Nearly all the writing of our time is likely to disappear in a hundred years. Certainly most readers - and nearly all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/nearly-all-the-writing-of-our-time-is-likely-to-disappear-in-a/)

[Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/)

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> [I think too much is known about me already. I think biographical information can get in the way of the reading experience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/i-think-too-much-is-known-about-me-already-i-think-biographical/)

[Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/)

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> [“If there is to be no ceiling on the amount of money a man can take out of our economy, then concomitantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/if-there-is-to-be-no-ceiling-on-the-amount-of-money-a-man-can-take/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“Following the emergence of leaked information regarding Alice Calloway, Etgar Allison has suffered considerable loss motivation, energy and interest in his usual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-brooks/following-the-emergence-of-leaked-information-regarding-alice/)

[Ben Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-brooks/)

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> [“The Disruption Machine What the gospel of innovation gets wrong. by Jill Lepore In the last years of the nineteen-eighties, I worked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-disruption-machine-what-the-gospel-of-innovation-gets-wrong-by/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“... The Sirens of Titan …. … ‘That’s a funny name for a book,’ I said with a gulp. ‘Are those women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/the-sirens-of-titan-that-s-a-funny-name-for-a-book-i-said-with-a-gulp/)

[Gavin Extence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-extence/)

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> [I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sachar/i-really-began-to-love-to-read-while-in-high-school-and-my-favorite/)

[Louis Sachar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-sachar/)

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> [“going out late at night and laying in the dewy field and reading a Kurt Vonnegut book by moonlight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/going-out-late-at-night-and-laying-in-the-dewy-field-and-reading-a/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-halpern/although-kurt-vonnegut-may-not-be-considered-a-humor-writer-breakfast/)

[Justin Halpern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-halpern/)

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> [“Kurt Vonnegut. Neal Stephenson. Richard K. Morgan. Stephen King. Orson Scott Card. Terry Pratchett. Terry Brooks. Bester, Bradbury, Haldeman, Heinlein, Tolkien, Vance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-cline/kurt-vonnegut-neal-stephenson-richard-k-morgan-stephen-king-orson/)

[Ernest Cline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-cline/)

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> [“I think a reading group should have a snappy name to attract members, don't you?' Mr Peterson didn't ask about my snappy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/i-think-a-reading-group-should-have-a-snappy-name-to-attract-members/)

[Gavin Extence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-extence/)

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> [Whatever Kurt Vonnegut's ultimate status will be in the annals of literature, he was important to a lot of people right now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/whatever-kurt-vonnegut-s-ultimate-status-will-be-in-the-annals-of/)

[Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/)

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> [“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before... He is full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut-jr-2/beware-of-the-man-who-works-hard-to-learn-something-learns-it-and/)

[Kurt Vonnegut, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut-jr-2/)

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> [Kurt Vonnegut speaking to John Irving while Irving was administering the Heimlich maneuver in response to Vonnegut's uncontrollable coughing..."John,stop- I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/kurt-vonnegut-speaking-to-john-irving-while-irving-was-administering/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [Everybody should read 'Slaughterhouse-Five' by Kurt Vonnegut. This book is about the hypocrisy of war, told in satire, and is hard-hitting and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalki-koechlin/everybody-should-read-slaughterhouse-five-by-kurt-vonnegut-this-book/)

[Kalki Koechlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalki-koechlin/)

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> [ What occurs to people when they read Kurt \[Vonnegut\] is that things are much more up for grabs than they thought they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/what-occurs-to-people-when-they-read-kurt-vonnegut-is-that-things-are/)

[Mark Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-vonnegut/)

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> [“For example, if she joined the book club — there was always a book club — and hung out with them, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-hautman/for-example-if-she-joined-the-book-club-there-was-always-a-book-club/)

[Pete Hautman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-hautman/)

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> [For us the Dresden Dolls were porcelain dolls that were made in that city at the time, that is what they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-viglione/for-us-the-dresden-dolls-were-porcelain-dolls-that-were-made-in-that/)

[Brian Viglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-viglione/)

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> [I want the people of New Jersey to jump off a cliff like Kurt Vonnegut so I can show them how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-sambora/i-want-the-people-of-new-jersey-to-jump-off-a-cliff-like-kurt/)

[Richie Sambora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-sambora/)

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                        "text": "I've read some of Kurt Vonnegut letters from when he was young. He was a prisoner of war, and even when he was in his early twenties, there were things mentioned that showed up in his novels. One of the sweetest things in those letters was him wanting to be a writer but doubting himself, not having confidence in himself.",
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                        "text": "“Following the emergence of leaked information regarding Alice Calloway, Etgar Allison has suffered considerable loss motivation, energy and interest in his usual pursuits (Wikipedia, YouTube, Kurt Vonnegut). He has been seen to spend long periods of time staring at inanimate objects and will occasionally stop whatever he is doing to lie face down on the floor and sing \"One Thousand Miles\" by Vanessa Carlton (a song he has described as \"all that's left\"). In an official statement given earlier today, he described bed as \"better that sex\" and Alice Calloway as \"the horriblest bitch I know\".”",
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                        "text": "“Kurt Vonnegut. Neal Stephenson. Richard K. Morgan. Stephen King. Orson Scott Card. Terry Pratchett. Terry Brooks. Bester, Bradbury, Haldeman, Heinlein, Tolkien, Vance, Gibson, Gaiman, Sterling, Moorcock, Scalzi, Zelazny.”",
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