"And if you're lucky enough to survive going……" — Mark Vonnegut
"And if you're lucky enough to survive going crazy and get back to the point where you can pass for normal, it builds a question into the rest of your life. You have to forgive people for wondering, 'How all right can he be?'"
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29 Quotes by Mark Vonnegut
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My only hope was to be polite.
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