Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
Kurt VonnegutBut anyway, it's obvious through human experience that extended families and tribes are terribly important. We can do without an extended family as human beings about as easily as we can do without vitamins or essential minerals.
Kurt VonnegutThere is a riddle about a man who is locked in a room with nothing but a bed and a calendar, and the question is: How does he survive? The answer is: He eats dates from the calendar and drinks from the springs of the bed.
Kurt Vonnegut