“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
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Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as [*Slaughterhouse-Five* (1969)][1], [*Cat's Cradle* (1963)][2], and [*Breakfast of Champions* (1973)][3]. He was known for his humanist beliefs as well as being honorary president of the American Humanist Association. He is widely considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98474W/Slaughterhouse-Five [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98482W/Cat's_Cradle [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98488W/Breakfast_of_Champions
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“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
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“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
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“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
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“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over th...”
“And so it goes...”
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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
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“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a...”
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”
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“How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
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“The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.”
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
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“Educating a beautiful woman is like pouring honey into a fine Swiss watch: everything stops.”
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“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace...”
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“Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it, and I think it can be poisonous. I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say...”
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“If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? 'I love you,...”
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“And yet another moral occurs to me now: Make love when you can. It's good for you.”
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“Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.”
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