Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
People who are wary of what they might find in a book if they opened one are right to be. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the Universe which he or she… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I don't reveal to her that I love her. I keep poker faced. She might as well be looking at a cantaloupe,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The city was blacked out because bombers might come, so Billy didn't get to see Dresden do one of the most cheerful… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The most racist, nastiest act by the USA, after human slavery, was the bombing of Nagasaki. Not of Hiroshima, which might have… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If there really had been a Mercutio, and if there really were a Paradise, Mercutio might be hanging out with teenage Vietnam… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I went to high school in Indianapolis I learned how to walk around looking tough because everybody had to do that. I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think... it is somehow very useful, and maybe even essential, for a fine artist to have to somehow make his peace… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The painting was framed in a misty view of sky, sea, and valley. Newt's painting was small, black, and warty. It consisted… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Where do I get my ideas from? You might as well have asked that of Beethoven. He was goofing around in Germany… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I taught writing for a while and whenever somebody would tell me they were going to write about their dad, I would… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
In 1844, Karl Marx said, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." He said this at a time when opium and opium… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and… — 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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