Mother Night Quotes

“We'd been apart so long--I'd been dead so long," she said in English. "I thought surely you'd built a new life, with no room in it for me. I'd hoped that."
"My life is nothing but room for you." I said. "It could never be filled by anyone but you.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love.
It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him.
What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity.
Now even that had flickered out.
How long I stood frozen there, I cannot say. If I was ever going to move again, someone else was going to have to furnish the reason for moving.
Somebody did.
A policeman watched me for a while, and then he came over to me, and he said, "You alright?"
Yes," I said.
You've been standing here a long time," he said.
I know," I said.
You waiting for somebody?" he said.
No," I said.
Better move on, don't you think?" he said.
Yes, sir," I said.
And I moved on.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“...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.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“What-what do you want?" Annabeth asked, trying to maintain a tone of confidence.
The voice cackled maliciously.
'To curse you, of course! To destroy you thousand times in the name of Mother Night!'
"Only a thousand times?" Percy murmured. "Oh, good...I thought we were in trouble.”
― Rick Riordan

“Society is more concerned with material possessions than it is with the true love and compassion of another human being.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“It was going to be about the love my wife and I had for each other. It was going to show how a pair of lovers in a world gone mad could survive by being loyal only to a nation composed of themselves–a nation of two.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

“When you're dead you're dead.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“در ادامه مقاله‌ی وست‌لیک آمده بود که کارگران برده‌سانی که ناس را به دار آویخته بودند درست نمی‌دانستند که او کی هست؛ فقط می‌دانستند شخصیت مهمی است، همین. علت دار زدن ناس همان نفس ِ دار زدن بود و بس؛ از اعدام یک شخصیت مهم احساس رضایت خاطر می‌کردند .”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Като пропагандист се бях надявал чисто и просто да съм смехотворен, но в този свят е ужасно трудно да си смехотворен, защото твърде много човешки същества не желаят да се смеят, не са способни да мислят, винаги са готови да вярват, да се зъбят и да мразят. Колко много хора искаха да ми вярват!

Мислете каквото си искате за безусловната вяра, но за мен способността да вярваме, без да задаваме въпроси, е абсолютното зло.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

“Има много причини, за да се биеш, но няма причина да мразиш без мярка, при това да мислиш, че Бог Всемогъщи мрази заедно с теб! Къде е злото? То е онази голяма част от всеки човек, която иска да мрази без ограничения, която иска Бог да е на нейна страна в омразата. Това е онази част от всеки човек, която намира грозотата за толкова привлекателна!

Това е онази част от имбецила, казвам аз, която наказва и унижава, и с радост обявява войни.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

“ние сме това, на което се правим, така че трябва да внимаваме на какво се правим.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.