It's been a long time since I've been in a bookstore, because Kurt Vonnegut's new book--the book he said he'd never write--was on the shelf, apparently since September, and I just saw it last night. Will bought me a copy, hurray!
If you haven't read Vonnegut, I'm not going to say you should. But, if razor sharp wit and criticism, humanism, and black humor are your thang, Vonnegut is the champion.
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
Those are great quotes.
Posted by: Jill | December 01, 2005 at 07:11 AM