The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, poss…

Kurt Vonnegut
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The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Cat's Cradle: A Novel, p.273, Dial Press
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The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Cat's Cradle: A Novel, p.273, Dial Press

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