Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes. Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Copy Quote More from Kurt Vonnegut Jr. “I thought Beatrice Keedsler had joined hands with other old-fashioned storytell…” “So it is not one whit mysterious that we poison the water and air and topsoil, …” “How’s the patient?” asked Derby.“Dead to the world.”“But not actually dead.”“No…” “When you're dead you're dead.”