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Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

Kurt Vonnegut quotes about sorry

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

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I once knew an Episcopalian lady in Newport, Rhode Island who asked me to design and build a doghouse for her Great Dane. The lady claimed to understand God and His Ways of Working perfectly. She could not understand why anyone should be puzzled about what had been or about what was going to be. And yet, when I showed her a blueprint of the doghouse I proposed to build, she said to me, "I'm sorry, but I never could read one of those things."Give it to your husband or your minister to pass on... Kurt Vonnegut
But by accident, not by cunning calculation, books, because of their weight and texture, and because of their sweetly token resistance to manipulation, involve our hands and eyes, and then our minds and souls, in a spiritual adventure I would be very sorry for my grandchildren not to know about. Kurt Vonnegut
Unk shook his head vaguely. He could think of no apt condensation of his adventures for the obviously ritual mood. Something great was plainly expected of him. He was not up to greatness. He exhaled noisily, letting the congregation know that he was sorry to fail them with his colorlessness. ‘I was a victim of a series of accidents,’ he said. He shrugged. ‘As are we all,’ he said. The cheering and dancing began again. Kurt Vonnegut
Vera had not sensed my approach. She was peering into the instrument and turning knobs with child-like seriousness and ineptitude. It was obvious that she had never used a microscope before. I stole closer to her, and then I said, "Boo!"She jerked her head away from the eyepiece."Hello," I said."You scared me to death," she said."Sorry," I said, and I laughed. These ancient games go on and on. It's nice they do. Kurt Vonnegut
Oh, a very sorry people, yes, Did I find here. Oh, they had no music, And they had no beer. And, oh, everywhere. Where they tried to perch. Belonged to Castle Sugar, Incorporated, Or the Catholic church. Kurt Vonnegut
Sorry," said Salo."I would say, 'Is there anything I can do?'- but Skip once told me that that was the most hateful and stupid expression in the English language. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "There is no peace, I'm sorry to say. We find it. We lose it...."
There is no peace, I'm sorry to say. We find it. We lose it. We find it again. We lose it again. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Being an American means never having to say you're sorry."
Being an American means never having to say you're sorry. Kurt Vonnegut

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