Kurt Vonnegut

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

"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."

"I myself feel that our country, for which I love, has a ways to go to mean what it says."

"Rosewater, or Persons of Very Little Faith in a Country That Is Totally Insane."

"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before."

"How nice to be able to give myself permission to do things."

"Reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found."

"Somewhere, somewhere, and soon maybe, people will want to hear once more about noble souls."

"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

"All this happening for a reason."

"Make your soul grow. Don't work on making money or getting ahead."

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew."

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

"Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God."

"Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life."

"Ignore the awful things people tell you about yourself. Believe in yourself instead."

"The nicest veterans I ever met were not well-trained, combat-experienced soldiers."

"A writer is someone who has taught their mind to misbehave."

"If you wish to examine war, examine history. That alone should convince you of its terrible nature."

"Love is where you find it. I think it's foolish to go around looking for it."

"We are lonesome animals. We spend all our time trying to be less lonesome."

"Ideas on earth were badges of friendship or enmity. Their content did not matter."

"There are now more than a million books in existence. To read them all in a lifetime is impossible."

"Patriotism is held by peaceful people; nationalism by warriors."

"There is no hiding place in a small town."

"One of the few good things about modern times: if there is something we want to know, we can find out, pronto."

"The dead are dead."

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without passing through civilization."

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears."