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Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twenty-dollar bills for leaves. Its flowers were government bonds. Its fruit was diamonds. It attracted human beings who killed each other around the roots and made very good fertilizer.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

There is no WHY, since the moment simply is, and since all of us are simply trapped in the moment, like bugs in Amber.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Mots clés food

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and punishments that were fair.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I wanted all things
To seem to make some sense,
So we could all be happy, yes,
Instead of tense.
And I made up lies
So that they all fit nice,
And I made this sad world
A par-a-dise.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Mots clés poetry consolatory