#kurt vonnegut quote

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[mijnmobielemoleskine]

I work at home, and if I wanted to, I could have a computer right by my bed, and I’d never have to leave it. But I use a typewriter, and afterwards I mark up the pages with a pencil. Then I call up this woman named Carol out in Woodstock and say, “Are you still doing typing?” Sure she is, and her husband is trying to track bluebirds out there and not having much luck, and so we chitchat back and forth, and I say, “OK, I’ll send you the pages.”      Then I’m going down the steps, and my wife calls up, “Where are you going?” I say, “Well, I’m going to go buy an envelope.” And she says, “You’re not a poor man. Why don’t you buy a thousand envelopes? They’ll deliver them, and you can put them in a closet.” And I say, “Hush.” So I go down the steps here, and I go out to this newsstand across the street where they sell magazines and lottery tickets and stationery. I have to get in line because there are people buying candy and all that sort of thing, and I talk to them. The woman behind the counter has a jewel between her eyes, and when it’s my turn, I ask her if there have been any big winners lately. I get my envelope and seal it up and go to the postal convenience center down the block at the corner of 47th Street and 2nd Avenue, where I’m secretly in love with the woman behind the counter. I keep absolutely poker-faced; I never let her know how I feel about her. One time I had my pocket picked in there and got to meet a cop and tell him about it. Anyway, I address the envelope to Carol in Woodstock. I stamp the envelope and mail it in a mailbox in front of the post office, and I go home. And I’ve had a hell of a good time. And I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you any different.          Electronic communities build nothing. You wind up with nothing. We’re dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go do something.

- Kurt Vonnegut

[quotefeeling]

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.

Kurt Vonnegut

[shesnake]

Interview with the Vampire Part II episodes 6 & 7 (2024), by Rolin Jones, Hannah Moscovitch, Jonathan Ceniceroz // Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut

[mournfulroses]

Kurt Vonnegut, from Mother Night; "Chapter Six Hundred & Fourty Three,"

[thoughtkick]

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Another Vonnegut gem as it’s his birthday.

(Letters of Note and David Dark)

[novlr]

“Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.” — Kurt Vonnegut

[thehopefulquotes]

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.

Kurt Vonnegut

[keepcalmandwritefiction]

Every sentence must do one of two things: reveal character or advance the action.

– Kurt Vonnegut

[perfectfeelings]

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.

Kurt Vonnegut

[mijnmobielemoleskine]

Where we go matters less than what we notice.” — Kurt Vonnegut.

[quotefeeling]

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.

Kurt Vonnegut

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

Don’t give up on books. They feel so good—their friendly heft. The sweet reluctance of their pages when you turn them with your sensitive fingertips. A large part of our brains is devoted to deciding whether what our hands are touching is good or bad for us. Any brain worth a nickel knows books are good for us.

Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?

[quotespile]

It is just an illusion here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone, it is gone forever.

Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

[thoughtkick]

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.

Kurt Vonnegut