The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and the women, if they were going to achieve any sort of comfort and safety, needed all the friends they could get. So, in the interest of survival they trained themselves to be agreeing machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking and then they thought it too.


Breakfast of Champions: A Novel (ed. Dial Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9780307567239

Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and the women,...

The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and the women,...

The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and the women,...

The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and the women,...