Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Kurt Vonnegut died today

He was 84.

And brilliant, in all meanings of the word.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.


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