Maxioms by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since read more
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by read more
You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that the wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freashly shaved faces, it was a shock. 'My God, my God —' I said to myself, 'it's the Children's Crusade.'
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.