His mother understood my illness immediately, that it was my world rather than myself that was diseased.
Kurt VonnegutAll people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.
Kurt VonnegutHistorians in the future, in my opinion, will congratulate us on very little other than our clowning and our jazz.
Kurt VonnegutMuch of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present.
Kurt VonnegutWhile on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and destroyed records rather than have to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles. So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
Kurt Vonnegut