20 Life Altering Quotes By Kurt Vonnegut That Will Change The Way You See It

Kurt Vonnegut is one of the English language’s most celebrated authors. With his satirical, anti-war magnum opus Slaughterhouse-Five, he rose to fame and earned a New York Times Best Seller spot, as well as numerous awards and recognitions.

Known for his eccentric and often blunt prose, Vonnegut’s books are often included in a list of modern classics, and rightly so.

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Such straightforward language is hard to come by in literature, but Vonnegut was never one to stay inside common boundaries. And because of that, just like a line from his book Cat’s Cradle…

Man got to sit and wonder, “Why, why, why?”

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Quotes source: Goodreads
Image source: Patrick Tomasso
Cover image source: Scott Webb