He had the air of a spy in a melodrama, missing nothing, liking nothin…

Kurt Vonnegut
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He had the air of a spy in a melodrama, missing nothing, liking nothing, looking forward to the great day when everything would be turned upside down.
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An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2013). If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young, p.26, RosettaBooks
Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.
Terry Kitchen asked me one time why, since I had so few gifts as a husband and father, I had gotten married. And I heard myself say: That's the way the post-war movie goes. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Bl … ▶
I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. ✨ The Observer, December 27, 1987.
I pity the Jews trying to get through life with only half a Bible. That's like trying to get from here to San Francisco with a road map that stops at Dubuque, Iowa. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1997). Hocus Pocu … ▶

He had the air of a spy in a melodrama, missing nothing, liking nothing, looking forward to the great day when everything would be turned upside down.

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