Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

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The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, a

The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was lousy, by and large.

Truth World Earth Destruction Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast Of Champions Lousy Manufactured Planet

The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest a

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 Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five

Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes.

Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes.

Truth Beauty Symbols Beautiful Symbolism Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast Of Champions Sometimes Symbol

So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to

So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.

Women Girls Thinking Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast Of Champions Machines Manipulation

People took such awful chances with chemicals and their bodi

People took such awful chances with chemicals and their bodies because they wanted the quality of their lives to improve. They lived in ugly places where there were only ugly things to do. They didn't own doodley-squat, so they couldn't improve their surroundings. so they did their best to make their insides beautiful instead.

Life People Body Beautiful Human Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast Of Champions Chemicals Ugly

... going out late at night and laying in the dewy field and

... going out late at night and laying in the dewy field and reading a Kurt Vonnegut book by moonlight.

Reading Night Dewy Field Kurt Vonnegut Moonlight