Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances

You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by read more

You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that the wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freashly shaved faces, it was a shock. 'My God, my God —' I said to myself, 'it's the Children's Crusade.'

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.