Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales. β¨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.135, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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- There is this thing called the university, and everybody goes there now. And there are these things called teachers who make students read this book with good ideas or that book with good ideas until β¦ βΆ
- I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on. β¨ Kurt Vonnegut (1998) β¦ βΆ
- I had made her so unhappy that she had developed a sense of humor. [-Rabo Karabekian]
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