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The nicest veterans in Schene...

The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought.

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What is the purpose of life?....

What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!

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All of the true things I am a...

All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.

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The mountebank told them that...

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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It was not the thought that I...

It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love. It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him. What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that had flickered out.

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I could go on to speak of san...

I could go on to speak of sanity as compared with insanity, decency as compared with vandalism, friendship as compared with rabies.

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Here is a les­son in writ­ing...

Here is a les­son in writ­ing. First rule: Do not use semi­colons. They are trans­ves­tite her­maph­ro­dites rep­re­sent­ing absolutely noth­ing. All they do is show you've been to col­lege.

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I'm an old guy, and I was pro...

I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist worth a damn in this country was terribly opposed to that war, finally, when it became evident what a fiasco and meaningless butchery it was. We formed sort of a laser beam of protest. Every painter, every writer, every stand-up comedian, every composer, every novelist, every poet aimed in the same direction. Afterwards, the power of this incredible new weapon dissipated.

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I think I succeeded as a writ...

I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry department. And I wrote some good stuff. If I had been in the English department, the prof would have looked at my short stories, congratulated me on my talent, and then showed me how Joyce or Hemingway handled the same elements of the short story. The prof would have placed me in competition with the greatest writers of all time, and that would have ended my writing career.

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I went to high school in Indi...

I went to high school in Indianapolis I learned how to walk around looking tough because everybody had to do that. I go out there occasionally and they're still doing it, walking around looking very tough because something might happen.

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I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing...

I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is.

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I wasn't aware of Ku Klux Kla...

I wasn't aware of Ku Klux Klan as I was aware of the widespread assumption that African-Americans were dumber than white people. I think my father believed that. I think everybody white did.

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Armistice Day has become Vete...

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.

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A nice thing about war-not th...

A nice thing about war-not that anything about war is nice, I guess-is that while it's going on and you're in it, you never worry about doing the right thing.

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We are America's Great Lakes ...

We are America's Great Lakes people, her freshwater people, not an oceanic but a continental people. Whenever I swim in an ocean, I feel as though I am swimming in chicken soup.

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It often is a terrible insult...

It often is a terrible insult to some families if one of the kids turns out to be an artist and that's one way to really shake up the family if you haven't got nerve enough to turn into a homosexual.

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In those days great teachers ...

In those days great teachers at Shortridge [High School] were celebrities. I would look up to them.

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Don't be reckless with other ...

Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts. And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.

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In real life as in grand oper...

In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse.

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The artist makes his living b...

The artist makes his living by pretending, by putting it in a meaningful hole though no such holes exist.

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