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#1

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

tags: life, love

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“How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

tags: catatonia, coma, life

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#3

“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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#4

“A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Welcome to the Monkey House

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#5

“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

tags: action, community, daring, loneliness, purpose, youth

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#6

“And yet another moral occurs to me now: Make love when you can. It's good for you.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

tags: humor, love, morality, sex

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#7

“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Timequake

tags: beatles, purpose-of-art, rock, rock-n-roll, the-beatles

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#8

“Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat’s Cradle

tags: arts

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#9

“The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

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#10

“No good at life, but very funny sometimes with the commentary.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

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#11

“She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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#12

“She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

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#13

“And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

tags: corrections, erring, mistakes, progress, responsibility

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#14

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

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#15

“It's the emptiest and yet the fullest of all human messages: 'Good-bye.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard

tags: goodbye

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#16

“The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

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#17

“When everything was beautiful and nothing hurt...”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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#18

“My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

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#19

“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

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#20

“The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

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#21

“What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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#22

“There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

tags: change, life, philosophy

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#23

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

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#24

“I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. The best idea in that apple, though, is making jazz.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake

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#25

“Enjoy the little things in life because one day you`ll look back and realize they were the big things.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

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#26

“How embarrassing to be human.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

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#27

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”
― Iain Thomas

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#28

“Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suiside.”
― kurt vonnegut

tags: smoking

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#29

“What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness!”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard

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