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Kurt Vonnegut Quotes - Page 35

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He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think of himself in this way.

He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think of himself in this way.

Simple, Thinking, World

Kurt Vonnegut (1969). “Slaughterhouse-five: or, The children's crusade, a duty-dance with death”

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

Smart, Rich, Ifs

The public health authorities never mention the main reason many Americans have for smoking heavily, which is that smoking is a fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide.

Suicide, Smoking, Reason

"Welcome to the Monkey House". Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Preface), 1968.

Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.

Men, Hands, Luck

Kurt Vonnegut (2007). “The Sirens of Titan”, p.183, Dial Press

If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

Happiness, Nice, Optimistic Life

Kurt Vonnegut (2008). “Armageddon in Retrospect”, p.18, Penguin

The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did.

Should Have, Trying, Manners

Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Cat's Cradle: A Novel”, p.273, Dial Press

The big show is inside my head.

Breakfast Of Champions, Bigs, Shows

Kurt Vonnegut (1973). “Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!”, Dell

You had to get everything exactly right or the editors would give you hell.

Editors, Giving, Hell

"Front Page story: Chicago's City News office is shut" by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2006.

There were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors.

Teacher, Writing, Editors

There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre.

Intelligent, Slaughterhouse Five, Slaughterhouse 5

Harold Bloom, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (2009). “Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five”, p.3, Infobase Publishing

Everything of mine which has been filmed so far has been one character short, and that character is me.

Character, Mines, Has Beens

"Between Time and Timbuktu". Movie script by Kurt Vonnegut et al. Preface, 1972.

The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought.

War, Slaughterhouse Five, Veteran

Harold Bloom, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (2009). “Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five”, p.156, Infobase Publishing

I am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good.

Writing, Depressive

Kurt Vonnegut (1998). “Timequake”, p.88, Penguin

What geography can give all Middle Westerners, along with the fresh water and topsoil, if they let it, is awe for an Edenic continent stretching forever in all directions. Makes you religious. Takes your breath away.

Religious, Giving, Water

"Vonnegut at 80" by David Hoppe, www.nuvo.net. January 1, 2003.

Some automatic device clicked in her big brain, and her knees felt weak, and there was a chilly feeling in her stomach. She was in love with this man. They don't make memories like that anymore

Memories, Men, Feelings

When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in the particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is "So it goes.

Thinking, People, Slaughterhouse Five

KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE”

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself.

Meaning Of Life, Know How, Knows

Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “The Sirens of Titan: An Original Novel”, Laurel

That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jokes.

Book, Mosaics, Jokes

Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut”, p.192, Univ. Press of Mississippi

The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.

Art, Tortoises, Hares

Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.261, Dial Press

I can have oodles of charm when I want to.

Want, Breakfast Of Champions, Charm

Kurt Vonnegut (1973). “Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!”, Dell

I don't reveal to her that I love her. I keep poker faced. She might as well be looking at a cantaloupe, there is so little information in my face, but my heart is beating.

Heart, Littles, Might

Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “A Man Without a Country”, p.61, Seven Stories Press

It is, in the imagination of combat's fans, the divinely listless loveplay that follows the orgasm of victory. It is called 'mopping up.

Mopping Up, Imagination, Victory

KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE”

How’s the patient?” asked Derby. “Dead to the world.” “But not actually dead.” “No.” “How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.

Nice, Credit, Alive

KURT VONNEGUT, JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE”

I never knew a writer's wife who wasn't beautiful.

Beautiful, Wife

Kurt Vonnegut (2014). “Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition: Stories”, p.10, Dial Press

Seems like the only kind of job an American can get these days is committing suicide in some way.

Suicide, Jobs, Way

Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!”, CNIB, 197

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