1,579 Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn't always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.

Be patient, Ophelia. Love, Hamlet

We are all what we pretend to be, but, we had better be very careful what we pretend.

Love may fail, but #‎ courtesy will prevail.

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed

Freud said he didn't know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to.

We are here for no purpose, unless we can invent one.

But by accident, not by cunning calculation, books, because of their weight and texture, and because of their sweetly token resistance to manipulation, involve our hands and eyes, and then our minds and souls, in a spiritual adventure I would be very sorry for my grandchildren not to know about.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It's that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive....it's that part of an imbecile that punishes and vilifies and makes war gladly.