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Author of the Week: Kurt Vonnegut

Nestled in the introduction to Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night is perhaps one of the most life-changing lines of writing I have ever read: “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” If that statement sounds simple, it’s because it is simple. But the truth of it [...]

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    Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

    -Kurt Vonnegut

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