Billy had a framed prayer on his office wall which expressed his method for keeping going, even though he was unenthusiastic about living. A lot of patients who saw the prayer on Billyโs wall told him that it helped them to keep going, too. It went like this: โGod grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference.โ Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future.
Kurt VonnegutMy country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.
Kurt VonnegutWhy were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales.
Kurt VonnegutThe highest possible form of treason is to say that Americans arenโt loved wherever they go, whatever they do.
Kurt VonnegutThere are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.
Kurt Vonnegut