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She broke my heart. I didn't like that much. But that was the price. In this world, you get what you pay for.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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My soul seemed as foul as smoke from burning cat fur.
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Well, it's an ancestral tribe. These were immigrants from north of Germany who came here about the time of the Civil War, but anyway, these people called themselves free thinkers. They were impressed, incidentally, by Darwin. They're called Humanists now people who aren't so sure that the Bible is the Word of God.
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I am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good.
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My god-life! who can understand eve one little minute of it? 'don't try' he said 'just pretend you understand.
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