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Kurt Vonnegut on Love

1922–2007 United States

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9 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)

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)

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)

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)

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".

Attribution

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