You go up to a man, and you say, "How are things going, Joe?" and he says, "Oh fine, fine — couldn't be better." And you look into his eyes, and you see things really couldn't be much worse. When you get right down to it, everybody's having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everybody. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much.


The Sirens of Titan (1959)

Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

You go up to a man, and you say, How are things going, Joe? and he says, Oh fine, fine — couldn't be better. And you look into his eyes, and you...

You go up to a man, and you say, How are things going, Joe? and he says, Oh fine, fine — couldn't be better. And you look into his eyes, and you...

You go up to a man, and you say, How are things going, Joe? and he says, Oh fine, fine — couldn't be better. And you look into his eyes, and you...

You go up to a man, and you say, How are things going, Joe? and he says, Oh fine, fine — couldn't be better. And you look into his eyes, and you...