“Rarely are there big heroic choices that will settle matters once and for all. The smallest positive step is probably the right one. Try not to argue. If you’re right, you don’t need to argue. If you’re wrong, it won’t… — 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
“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
“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
“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
Colds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are. — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
