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> [“He couldn't help thinking that all that money we were spending blowing up things and killing people so far away, making people the world over hate and fear us, would have been better spent on public education and libraries. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/he-couldn-t-help-thinking-that-all-that-money-we-were-spending/)

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

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## More by Mark Vonnegut

> [Most adults have forgotten what they had to do to survive childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/most-adults-have-forgotten-what-they-had-to-do-to-survive-childhood/)

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

> [I didn't like the '60s because it was too important what people who had nothing to do with the war thought about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/i-didn-t-like-the-60s-because-it-was-too-important-what-people-who/)

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

> [“He couldn't help thinking that all that money we were spending blowing up things and killing people so far away, making people the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/he-couldn-t-help-thinking-that-all-that-money-we-were-spending/)

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

> [“Beyond a certain point, gathering further evidence of the hurtfulness and shortcomings of one’s family, employer, et cetera is like eating the same poisonous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/beyond-a-certain-point-gathering-further-evidence-of-the-hurtfulness/)

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

> [“I often took him as one of God's little jokes on me. When I was in desperate trouble, what saved me from a fate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/i-often-took-him-as-one-of-god-s-little-jokes-on-me-when-i-was-in/)

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

> [I take care of military families. Their sacrifices are very real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/i-take-care-of-military-families-their-sacrifices-are-very-real/)

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

> [Colds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/colds-ulcers-flu-and-cancer-are-things-we-get-schizophrenia-is/)

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

> [“If nothing I say sparks any thoughts or identification, it’s possible you’re taking too much medication. If it’s the greatest talk you’ve ever heard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/if-nothing-i-say-sparks-any-thoughts-or-identification-it-s-possible/)

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

> [Having their feelings make sense is how people get their kicks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/having-their-feelings-make-sense-is-how-people-get-their-kicks/)

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

> [With mental illness the trick is to not take your feelings so seriously; you’re zooming in and zooming away from things that go from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/with-mental-illness-the-trick-is-to-not-take-your-feelings-so/)

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

> [Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/knowing-that-you-re-crazy-doesn-t-make-the-crazy-things-stop-happening/)

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

> [“I don’t think the people today who start hearing voices, stop eating and sleeping, and run amuck are likely to get good treatment. Having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/i-don-t-think-the-people-today-who-start-hearing-voices-stop-eating/)

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

> [“At the end of his life, which had included financial ruin in the Great Depression, his wife's barbiturate addiction and death by overdose, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/at-the-end-of-his-life-which-had-included-financial-ruin-in-the-great/)

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

> [“My parents were told by the principal of West Barnstable Elementary School and my teacher that I was a bright boy whose spelling was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/my-parents-were-told-by-the-principal-of-west-barnstable-elementary/)

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

> [“If you want to pick out the people who go crazy from time to time in my family, find the ones in the photos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/if-you-want-to-pick-out-the-people-who-go-crazy-from-time-to-time-in/)

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