A lover's a liar, To himself he lies, The truthful are loveless, Like oysters their eyes!
Kurt VonnegutOnly nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.
Kurt VonnegutThere is a strong feeling in the Middle West that the artist is not pulling his own weight no matter how hard he may work, that the other people are doing the real stuff.
Kurt VonnegutHow on earth can religious people believe in so much arbitrary, clearly invented balderdash?....The acceptance of a creed, any creed, entitles the acceptor to membership in the sort of artificial extended family we call a congregation. It is a way to fight loneliness. Any time I see a person fleeing from reason and into religion, I think to myself, There goes a person who simply cannot stand being so goddamned lonely anymore.
Kurt Vonnegut