Mother Night Quotes 5 - Kurt Vonnegut, 1961.

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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Kurt Vonnegut Mother Night

"There are plenty of good reasons for fighting," I said, "but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side."

Kurt Vonnegut Mother Night

Fighting, Hate, God, Evil, People

"You hate America, don't you?" she said.
"That would be as silly as loving it," I said. "It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to the human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will."

Kurt Vonnegut Mother Night

America, Boundary

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

Kurt Vonnegut Mother Night

Espionage, Crazy

What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that flickered out.

Kurt Vonnegut Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (born 11 November 1922 - died 11 April 2007) American writer famous for his imaginitive satires.

Nationality: American

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Cat's Cradle
The Sirens of Titan
Timequake
Slaughterhouse-Five
God Bless You Dr. Kevorkian

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Out of My Later Years
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The World As I See It
Cat's Cradle
The Sirens of Titan
The Alchemist

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