Combination Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“Trout was petrified there on Forty-second Street. It had given him a life not worth living, but I had also given him an iron will to live. This was a common combination on the planet Earth.” quote by Kurt Vonnegut — Download Open image

“Trout was petrified there on Forty-second Street. It had given him a life not worth living, but I had also given him an iron will to live. This was a common combination on the planet Earth.”

Kurt Vonnegut

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