We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.Mother Night, p. 88, 1961
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Kurt Vonnegut was an American author known for his satirical, humanistic novels including "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Breakfast of Champions." His works often explore themes of war, technology, and the human condition, earning him a reputation as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
1922–2007·lived 84 years
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.Mother Night, p. 88, 1961
Goodbye, blue Monday.
We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
Another flaw in human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
There’s love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young, p. 88, 2013
And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’A Man Without a Country, p. 132, 2017
That’s all 7 quotes by Kurt Vonnegut.