Scott

“And this has given rise to a whole new class of preening, narcissistic quacks like yourself who say in the service of rich and shameless polluters that the state of the atmosphere and the water and the topsoil on which all life depends is as debatable as how many angels can dance on the fuzz of a tennis ball.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus

“The words you can’t find, you borrow.
We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.
My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.
We are not quite novels.
The analogy he is looking for is almost there.
We are not quite short stories. At this point, his life is seeming closest to that.
In the end, we are collected works.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“the whole World was for sale to anyone who had Yen or was willing to perform fellatio.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus

“I see no harm in telling young people to prepare for failure rather than success, since failure is the main thing that is going to happen to them.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus