“You finally fell in love, I see,” said Salo. “Only an Earthling year ago,” said Constant. “It took us that long to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Billy stayed in the wagon when it reached the slaughterhouse, sunning himself. The others went looking for souvenirs. Later on in life,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The letter said that they were two feet high, and green, and shaped like plumber's friends. Their suction cups were on the… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“My uncle Alex Vonnegut, a Harvard-educated life insurance salesman who lived at 5033 North Pennsylvania Street, taught me something very important. He… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I've been drawing all my life, just as a hobby, without really having shows or anything. It's just an agreeable thing to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I can’t tell if you’re serious or not,” said the driver. “I won’t know myself until I find out whether life is… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness. And God said, "Let Us make… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Fungi have as much right to life as I do. they know what they want, Bill. Damned if I do anymore.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
So many people think that practicing an art is a good way to make a living. Practicing an art, no matter how… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Billy didn't want to marry ugly Valencia. She was one of the symptoms of his disease. He knew he was going crazy,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Just when you think there isn't any point to life - "he said, "then, all of a sudden, you realize that you… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“There are no dirty words in this book, except for 'hell' and 'God', in case someone is fearing that an innocent child… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Be aware of this truth that the people on this earth could be joyous, if only they would live rationally and if… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And the charming little cottage he'd taken as a symbol of the good life of a farmer was as irrelevant as a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“What rioters, out of control, are really protesting about is life itself. Most people do not like it, it's humiliating for almost… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I identified a basic mistake my parents had made about life: They thought that it would be very wrong if anybody ever… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“He said he hoped a lot of us would have careers in science,' she said. She didn't see anything funny in that.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Make your characters want something right away even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern… — 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
