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An ABZ of Love – Kurt Vonnegut’s favorite vintage Danish guide to sexuality and tolerance.
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"During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that he had somehow accomplished something worthwhile in the process of making the Supreme Sacrifice."
@6 months ago with 1373 notes#kurt vonnegut #war #vietnam
"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 to be poor, but it might as well be.” It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: “if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?” There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.
Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves."
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five (via pieceinthepuzzlehumanity)
@7 months ago with 116 notes(Source: r2articles, via other-stuff)
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“The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.” — Kurt Vonnegut
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"
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.
"
Kurt Vonnegut (via loveyourchaos)
@8 months ago with 33197 notes(Source: onlinecounsellingcollege, via underfundig)
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"The trouble with the world was that people were still superstitious instead of scientific. He said if everybody would study science more, there wouldn’t be all the trouble there was."
Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle (via myheadisweak)
@9 months ago with 56 notes(Source: ransombookquotes, via myheadisweak)
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"Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable."
Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions (via artsybluexsock)
@9 months ago with 263 notes(via thatwellspokentoken)
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