Heath McKenny

“My god - life! Who can understand even one little minute of it? "don't try," he said, "just pretend you understand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“No more apologies! So we're poor! All right, we're poor! This is America! And America is one place in this sorry world where people Shouldn't have to apologize for being poor. The question in America should be, 'Is this guy a good citizen? Is he honest? Does he pull his own weight?”
― Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.

“Our children, full-grown now, can never forgive us for reproducing. What a mess.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus

“Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topographical description; dialogue can also convey a sense of place. Even so, I insist, the traveler invents the place. Feeling compelled to comment on my travel books, people say to me, "I went there"---China, India, the Pacific, Albania-- "and it wasn't like that." I say, "Because I am not you.”
― Paul Theroux, The Best American Travel Writing 2001