1,579 Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

Scum of the Earth as some may be in their daily lives, they can all be saints in emergencies.

Signore, come muore un uomo quando viene privato della consolazione della letteratura?”“In uno o due modi,” disse lui, “per pietrificazione del cuore o per atrofia del sistema nervoso.”“Entrambi poco piacevoli, immagino” azzardai.“Per niente piacevoli” disse Castle il vecchio. “Per l'amor di Dio, vi prego, continuate a scrivere, tutti e due!

Poput tolikih patoloških ličnosti koje su prije milijun godina bile od moći, mogao je učiniti gotovo sve prepuštajući se trenutačnom porivu i ne osjećajući gotovo ništa. Logička objašnjenja za njegova djela, izmišljena u dokolici, uvijek su dolazila kasnije.

It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him.

Now I will destroy the whole world.

Society is more concerned with material possessions than it is with the true love and compassion of another human being.

Standing among all those tiny, wavering lights, I felt as though I were God, up to my knees in the Milky Way.

The mind reels.

When you're dead you're dead.