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Kurt Vonnegut on Anniversary

1922–2007 United States

← All quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

15 quotes

I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency."

Slapstick (1976)

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

The Sirens of Titan (1959)

The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die.

Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)

Make love when you can. It's good for you.

Mother Night (1962)

There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.

Cat's Cradle (1963)

Time is liquid. One moment is no more important than any other and all moments quickly run away.

Bluebeard (1987)

Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go looking for it, and I think it can often be poisonous.

Slapstick (1976)

I love you sons of bitches. You're all I read any more.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)

What is time? It is a serpent which eats its tail [...].

The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.

A Man Without a Country (2005)

Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.

Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers — joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)

If somebody says, "I love you", to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol-holder requires? "I love you, too".

Kilgore's Creed: "You were sick, but now you're well again, and there's work to do."

Timequake (1997)

All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kurt Vonnegut (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.