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Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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...this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant to laugh, so incapable of thought, so eager to believe and snarl and hate.
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If facts weren't funny, or scary, or couldn't make you rich, the heck with them.
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Well here you are, there it is, THIS is what it's all about.
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