Many people need desperately to receive this message: "I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most p… - Kurt Vonnegut

The controls were anything but a hunch-player’s delight in a Universe composed of one-trillionth part matter to one decillion parts black velvet futility.

I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for — to find out how much a man could take without breaking.

And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to the names of persons who have checked out those titles.