I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his an…

Kurt Vonnegut
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I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his answer for several years. My boy, he said, you are descended from a long line of determined, resourceful, microscopic tadpoles-- champions every one. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1999). Galapagos: A Novel, Dial Press
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You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Cat's Cradle: A Novel, p.151, Dial Press
One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. ✨ KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go exploring. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1973). Breakfast of champions: or, … ▶
Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utop … ▶
Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year-old what he is doing is a charlatan. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut, Chapter 16, 1963.

I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his answer for several years. My boy, he said, you are descended from a long line of determined, resourceful, microscopic tadpoles-- champions every one. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1999). Galapagos: A Novel, Dial Press

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