She upset Billy simply by being his mother. She made him feel embarras…

Kurt Vonnegut
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She upset Billy simply by being his mother. She made him feel embarrassed and ungrateful and weak because she had gone to so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn't really like life at all. ✨ KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
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She upset Billy simply by being his mother. She made him feel embarrassed and ungrateful and weak because she had gone to so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn't really like life at all. ✨ KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

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