Kurt Vonnegut Quotes & Sayings
30 most famous Kurt Vonnegut quotes and sayings (author). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
“Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”
“Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia.”
“Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.”
“To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon.”
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