Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings, lest they grow up expecting peace and order, and be eaten alive.
Kurt VonnegutYou meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.
Kurt VonnegutThere is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead.
Kurt VonnegutEverything of mine which has been filmed so far has been one character short, and that character is me.
Kurt VonnegutFathers are always so proud the first time they see their sons in uniform," she said. "I know Big John Karpinski was," I said. He is my neighbor to the north, of course. Big John's son Little John did badly in high school, and the police caught him selling dope. So he joined the Army while the Vietnam War was going on. And the first time he came home in uniform, I never saw Big John so happy, because it looked to him as though Little John was all straightened out and would amount to something. But then Little John came home in a body bag.
Kurt Vonnegut