When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to ma…

Kurt Vonnegut
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When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1982). Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage, Dell Books
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Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). The Sirens of Titan: An Original Novel, Laurel
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