If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; a…

Kurt Vonnegut
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If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut, ch. 127, 1963.
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