30+ Kurt Vonnegut Quotes, Birthday Tributes & Inspiring Reflections (November 11)

“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies: God damn it, you've got to be kind.”

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

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.”

“So it goes.”

“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend.”

“Science is magic that works.”

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

“If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.”

“A step onto a new path makes the whole journey real.”