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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.
Marby I find myself writing this often after a journal entry. I find it both profound and eloquent. It is obviously something that can mean many things to m…moreI find myself writing this often after a journal entry. I find it both profound and eloquent. It is obviously something that can mean many things to many people which speaks in its favor, I think. For me it means life's vicissitudes are inexorable and unavoidable and ultimately meaningless. Or..."stop taking yourself so seriously". To say that this admonition is important for me to remember is to understate the case. So it goes. (less)
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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