Terry Kitchen asked me one time why, since I had so few gifts as a hus…

Kurt Vonnegut
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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). Bluebeard: A Novel, p.223, Dial Press
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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). Bluebeard: A Novel, p.223, Dial Press

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