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What does "So it goes" mean? The narrator seems to say that every time someone dies, so I was wondering what it meant.
Eugene Moses I've never understood why the saying isn't known as "and so on," which is the phrase he most commonly uses in transitions from certain topics. "And so…moreI've never understood why the saying isn't known as "and so on," which is the phrase he most commonly uses in transitions from certain topics. "And so on" always seemed to be his saying to me, since it's a phrase he uses in basically every chapter of each of his books. "So it goes," in comparison to "and so on" is rarely ever used in any of his books. (less)
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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