Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
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If this isn't nice, I don't know what is. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2008). Armageddon in Retrospect, p.18, Penguin
It appeared to the Elders that the people here would believe anything about themselves, no matter how preposterous, as long as it was flattering. To make sure of this, they performed an experiment. T … ▶
Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John.
No one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2010). Look At the Birdie, p.4, Random House
Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that comes to those who cannot let go of the past

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

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