“I didn't learn until I was in college about all the other cultures, and I should have learned that in the first grade. A first grader should understand that his or her culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society. Cultural relativism is defensible and attractive. It's also a source of hope. It means we don't have to continue this way if we don't like it. ”

—Kurt Vonnegut

“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”

—Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughter House Five

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

—Kurt Vonnegut, Unready to Wear.

“Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.”

—Kurt Vonnegut

“Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn’t it such a relief to have somebody say that?”

—Kurt Vonnegut

“I didn't learn until I was in college about all the other cultures, and I should have learned that in the first grade. A first grader should understand that his or her culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society. Cultural relativity is defensible and attractive. It's also a source of hope. It means we don't have to continue this way if we don't like it.”

—Kurt Vonnegut

“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.”

—Kurt Vonnegut

“That is how you get to be a writer, incidentally: you feel somehow marginal, somehow slightly off-balance all the time. I spent an awful lot of time here buying gray flannel. I never could find the right shade.”

—Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Palm Sunday
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