History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.Kurt Vonnegut
I want to congratulate librarians,...who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
Kurt Vonnegut
I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Kurt Vonnegut
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land Man got to tell himself he understand.
Kurt Vonnegut
Bush used that line recently. I should sue him for plagiarism.
Kurt Vonnegut
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