Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and pai…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 114), 1963.
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Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 114), 1963.

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