Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle (1963)

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I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer." "What makes you think a writer isn't a drug salesman?

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New knowledge is a valuable commodity. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we are.

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Peculiar Travel Suggestions are Dancing Lessons From God

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The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did.

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After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, 'Science has now known sin.' And do you know what Father said? He said, 'What is sin?

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Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end,
And our God will take things back that He to us did lend.
And if, on that sad day, you want to scold our God,
Why go right ahead and scold Him. He'll just smile and nod.

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Pay no attention to Caesar. Caesar doesn't have the slightest idea what's really going on.

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The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: "Nothing.

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You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything — and I advise you to do the same.

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