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Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

I’m going to lose weight for you,” she [Valencia Merble] said.

“What?”

“I’m going to go on a diet. I’m going to become beautiful for you.”

“I like you just the way you are.”

“Do you really?”

“Really,” said Billy Pilgrim. He had already seen a lot of their marriage, thanks to time-travel, and knew that it was going to be at least bearable all the way.

Kurt Vonnegut

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