There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“That's the attractive thing about war. Absolutely everything gets a little something” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid many-fold. And the end is not yet.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, that still leaves plenty of Americans who don't read much or think much -- who will still be extremely useful in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to stop as glaciers. I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Maybe, when they find out more about chemicals, there won't have to be policemen or wars or crazy houses or divorces or… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Fathers are always so proud the first time they see their sons in uniform," she said. "I know Big John Karpinski was,"… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Most white people in Midland City were insecure when they spoke, so they kept their sentences short and their words simple, in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“There in the hospital, Billy was having an adventure very common among people without power in time of war: He was trying… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, of course, just about our only solvent industry is the merchandising of death, bankrolled by our grandchildren, so that the message… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Dr. Kevorkian has just unstrapped me from the gurney after yet another controlled near-death experience. I was lucky enough on this trip… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The New York Daily News suggested that my biggest war crime was not killing myself like a gentleman. Presumably Hitler was a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The occupying Russians, when they discovered that we were Americans, embraced us and congratulated us on the complete desolation our planes had… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is, in the imagination of combat's fans, the divinely listless loveplay that follows the orgasm of victory. It is called 'mopping… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Rosewater was twice as smart as Billy, but he and Billy were dealing with similar crises in similar ways. They had both… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Oh, sure, we have another world war coming, and another great depression, but where are the leaders this time? — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Why don’t you write an anti-glacier book instead?’ What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Much of the blame is the malarkey that artists have created to glorify war, which as we all know, is nonsense, and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“It was humanity's ability to heal so quickly, by means of babies, which encouraged so many people to think of explosions as… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Terry Kitchen asked me one time why, since I had so few gifts as a husband and father, I had gotten married.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“...Jesus was only twelve years old. Jesus was learning the carpentry trade from his father. Two Roman soldiers came into the shop… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'm eighty-three and homeless. It was the same when World War II ended. The Army kept me on because I could type,… — 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
