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I'd call this Vonnegut's sweetest novel, but then again I'm a big ol' softie.5 stars. He's made similar points before but this one ends up achingly tender. Really shows Vonnegut's range and skill, plucking heartstrings so forcefully with so few words ...more "
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"Splurged a bit at the used bookstore cuz this cover art is dope." — May 15, 2026 07:47PM
"Splurged a bit at the used bookstore cuz this cover art is dope." — May 15, 2026 07:47PM
“It's not years nor days, but the mind, that determines that we've lived enough.”
― How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
― How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
“(and your grandfather said, 'Suffer little children to come unto Me': and what did He mean by that? how, if He meant that little children should need to be suffered to approach Him, what sort of earth had He created; that if they had to suffer in order to approach Him, what sort of Heaven did He have?)”
― Absalom, Absalom!
― Absalom, Absalom!
“The approach of a man's life out of the past is history, and the approach of time out of the future is mystery. Their meeting is the present, and it is consciousness, the only time life is alive.”
― Recollected Essays, 1965-1980
― Recollected Essays, 1965-1980
“Just as with storytelling, so with life: it's important how well it is done, not how long.”
― How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
― How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
“Let me advise you to commence at once observing for yourself.
Don't trust what you are told in lectures, or read in books, but make the knowledge your own, by your own labors.
Lectures and books will serve as guides and beacons, but the goals can only be reached by travelling the road yourself.”
― Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Don't trust what you are told in lectures, or read in books, but make the knowledge your own, by your own labors.
Lectures and books will serve as guides and beacons, but the goals can only be reached by travelling the road yourself.”
― Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
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