The Trick

The trick is to "catch people before they become generals and presidents and so forth and poison their minds with humanity."

Kurt Vonnegut

An Epitaph

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If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC.

Kurt Vonnegut

One of My Heroes is Gone

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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Lovers

Room For One More

A Thousand Words