...and I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep. Auteur: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Copy Quote More from Kurt Vonnegut Jr. “The city was blacked out because bombers might come, so Billy didn't get to see…” “If you actually are an educated, thinking person, you will not be welcome in Wa…” “A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is…” “Don't worry about your father. He's a perfectly contented, self-sufficient zomb…”