It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an e…

Kurt Vonnegut
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It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry-or laugh. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.91, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry-or laugh. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.91, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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