I do not say that children at war do not die like men, if they have to…

Kurt Vonnegut
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I do not say that children at war do not die like men, if they have to die. To their everlasting honor and our everlasting shame, they do die like men, thus making possible the manly jubilation of patriotic holidays. But they are murdered children all the same. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut, Chapter 114, 1963.
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