Kurt Vonnegut

In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#life

My advice to writers just starting out? Don't use semi-colons! They are transvestite hermaphrodites, representing exactly nothing. All they do is suggest you might have gone to college. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#semi-colons #writing #college

Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#writing #life

There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#philosophy #inspirational

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#politics #religion #imagination

When we passed a Catholic church, I recalled, he said, "You think your dad's a good chemist? They're turning soda crackers into meat in there. Can your dad do that? ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#religion #humor

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#life

Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#religion

Some automatic device clicked in her big brain, and her knees felt weak, and there was a chilly feeling in her stomach. She was in love with this man. They don't make memories like that anymore ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#love

Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut? Why don't you take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon? ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#humor