November 11 , 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth ofSlaughterhouse - FiveauthorKurt Vonnegut , whodied in 2007at the age of 84 . But the words of the costless - thinking , stager skeptic , humanist humourist live on . So it goes .
1.“I was taught that the human nous was the crowning aureole of phylogeny so far , but I imagine it ’s a very pitiful scheme for survival . ” — As quoted inThe Observer , 1987
2.“A determination of human liveliness , no matter who is contain it , is to love whoever is around to be loved . ” — FromThe Sirens of Titan
3.“It run into me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that homo can always puzzle out his problems … This is so false that it makes me want to exclaim — or laugh . ” — FromConversations With Kurt Vonnegut
4.“We are what we dissemble to be , so we must be measured about what we pretend to be . ” — FromMother Night
5.“Maturity is a acrid dashing hopes for which no remedy exist , unless laugh can be say to rectify anything . ” — FromCat ’s Cradle
6.“Why were so many Americans treated by their administration as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues ? Because that was the way generator customarily address chip - part players in their made - up narration . ” — FromBreakfast of Champions
7.“I do n’t know about you , but I practice a disorganised organized religion . I belong to an unholy disorderliness . We call ourselves ‘ Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment . ’ “ — From “ Worship ”
8.“All person , living and all in , are purely simultaneous . ” — FromTimequake
9.“I guess it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of lit has something on his mind other than the story of literature so far . Literature should not disappear up its own asshole , so to speak . ” — From a “ ego - interview “ inThe Paris Review
10.“There is no reason why salutary can not triumph as often as evil . The victory of anything is a thing of organization . If there are such things as Angel , I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia . ” — FromThe Sirens of Titan
11.“One of the few honorable things about modern time : If you pop off awfully on telecasting , you will not have died in futile . You will have entertained us . ” — From “ Cold Turkey,”In These Times
A version of this history endure in 2014 ; it has been updated for 2022 .
