15 Best Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was one of America's greatest writers. His science fiction novels and short stories were politically irrelevant. His novels warned us about our future with black comedy and satire. He was also a humanist and the president of the American Humanist Association. Kurt Vonnegut died Wednesday April 11. My favorite is his novel Galapagos and SlaughterHouse-Five. I've accumulated his best and most famous quotes to remember him by. He will be missed. Hope you enjoy them.

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Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae- Kurt Vonnegut

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Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be- Kurt Vonnegut

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The year was 2081 and everyone was equal-Kurt Vonnegut

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To who it may concern: It was springtime- It is late afternoon-Kurt Vonnegut

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Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say? - Kurt Vonnegut

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I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different- Kurt
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything- Kurt Vonnegut

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All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true- Kurt Vonnegut

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It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead-Kurt Vonnegut

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The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest-Kurt Vonnegut

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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward-Kurt Vonnegut

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

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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before- Kurt Vonnegut

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Here we are trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why- Kurt Vonnegut