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“When it's unexpected, death comes fast like a ravenous wolf and tears open your throat with a merciful fury. But when it's expected, it comes slow and patient like a snake, and the doctor tells you how far away it is and when, exactly it will be at your door. And when it will be at the foot of your bed. And when it will be on your flesh. It's all right there on the clipboards.”
― Based on a True Story: A Memoir
― Based on a True Story: A Memoir
“These were the last words of advice Vonnegut wrote to be delivered to an audience: “And how should we behave during this Apocalypse? We should be unusually kind to one another, certainly. But we should also stop being so serious. Jokes help a lot. And get a dog, if you don’t already have one.… I’m out of here.”
― Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
― Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
“Just keep moving and hope the next place will be better. It has to be. Just around the next bend, everything is beautiful. And it breaks my heart.”
― Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
― Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
“Certain English geologists produced confusion by embracing continental drift and then drawing up narratives and maps that showed continents moving all over the earth with respect to a fixed and undriftable England.”
― Basin and Range
― Basin and Range
“This is what it’s like to struggle with our thoughts and feelings: we invest massive amounts of time and energy in trying hard to push them away. This is tiring, draining, and distracting. And because so much of our attention is invested in this internal struggle, it’s very hard to be present, to focus on or engage in what we’re doing,”
― The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
― The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
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