Why 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 VonnegutAnd we all vied, in saving face, to be the greatest student of human nature, the person with the quickest sense of humor.
Kurt VonnegutThere's almost nothing like native Midwesterner anywhere else in the world, except in Asia. They're miracles all in themselves.
Kurt VonnegutThe library is full of stories of supposed triumphs which makes me very suspicious of it. It's misleading for people to read about great successes, since even for middle-class and upper-class white people, in my experience, failure is the norm.
Kurt Vonnegut