I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to…

Kurt Vonnegut
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I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1999). Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!, CNIB, 197
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