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Kurt Vonnegut quotes

American Author, Writer November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007

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If a person survives an ordinary span of sixty years or more, there is every chance that his or her life as a shapely story has ended and all that remains to be experienced is epilogue. Life is not over, but the story is. Kurt Vonnegut
There was a still life on Billy's bedside table-two pills, an ashtray with three lipstick-stained cigarettes in it, one cigarette still burning, and a glass of water. The water was dead. So it goes. Air was trying to get out of the dead water. Bubbles were clinging to the walls of the glass, too weak to climb out. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life..."
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Take life seriously but none of the people in it."
Take life seriously but none of the people in it. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But..."
Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well? Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless..."
In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse. Kurt Vonnegut
This much I knew and know: I was making myself hideously uncomfortable by not narrowing my attention to details of life which were immediately important, and by refusing to believe what my neighbors believed. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it."
Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. Kurt Vonnegut
Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "They like life alright, but that they would like it even..."
They like life alright, but that they would like it even better if they could know that it was going to end sometime. Kurt Vonnegut
He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Enjoy the little things in life because one day you`ll look..."
Enjoy the little things in life because one day you`ll look back and realize they were the big things. Kurt Vonnegut
This is something about your father?' 'This is something about you." Frank put his hand on my shoulder and he looked me in the eye. The effect was dismaying. Frank meant to inspire camaraderie, but his head looked to me like a bizarre little owl, blinded by light and perched on a tall white post. 'Maybe you'd better come to the point. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the..."
Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me. Kurt Vonnegut
Enjoy life while you can. Nothing's gonna happen for maybe five, ten, fifteen, twenty years. But lemme give you a piece of advice: Whenever the doorbell rings, have somebody else answer the door. Kurt Vonnegut

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