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I'm Lauren, and I'm a proud groupie. I have a (probably unhealthy) obsession with Kurt Vonnegut: his words, his drawings, and his wisdom. From time to time you'll see more personal things on here, because it is my blog, but it's probably 95% Vonnegut. If you love Kurt, you're in the right place. |
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Notes"If you were to bother to read my books, to behave as educated persons would, you would learn that they are not sexy, and do not argue in favor of wildness of any kind. They beg that people be kinder and more responsible than they often are. It is true that some of the characters speak coarsely. That is because people speak coarsely in real life. Especially soldiers and hardworking men speak coarsely, and even our most sheltered children know that. And we all know, too, that those words really don’t damage children much. They didn’t damage us when we were young. It was evil deeds and lying that hurt us."Letters of Note: I am very real
Letter from Kurt Vonnegut to the head of the Drake school board, who burned 32 copies of “Slaughterhouse Five” (1973) — Do read the whole thing!
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Notes"And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
"Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country (via honeyforthehomeless)
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Notes FYI.My blog’s blacked out as part of the Tumblr/Internet strike against SOPA and PIPA, and even though you can still see posts on your dashboards from blogs that are participating in the strike, I won’t be posting anything today. I do, however, have several reblogs that’ll come up in my queue tomorrow. I just wanted to post this one thing as a sort of PSA about the whole thing.
And in case you didn’t see it last night and you’re wondering why I care about this:
“All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let’s get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States — and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!” - Kurt Vonnegut
See you all tomorrow!
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Notes"All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let’s get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!"-Kurt Vonnegut
Stop SOPA/PIPA!
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I shudder to think how much Kurt must be rolling in his grave over SOPA and the Protect-IP Act.
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“All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let’s get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States — and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!”
- Kurt Vonnegut(Source: vintageanchorbooks)
