Note to self: being Kurt's son, being an ex-mental patient, getting into Harvard, having written a book, and being a doctor are all things that in and of themselves do not make a life. If you lean on them too… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Most adults have forgotten what they had to do to survive childhood. — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I didn't like the '60s because it was too important what people who had nothing to do with the war thought about it. — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Colds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are. — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“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,… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening. — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“My parents were told by the principal of West Barnstable Elementary School and my teacher that I was a bright boy whose spelling was… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“If you want to pick out the people who go crazy from time to time in my family, find the ones in the photos… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
