What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that flickered out.
– Mother Night
Nothing has changed all over again
‘History is merely a list of surprises,’ I said. ‘It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. Please write that down.’
Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick
A strikingly indecent society
What made being alive almost worthwhile to me, besides music, was all the saints I met, who could be anywhere. By saints I mean people who behaved decently in a strikingly indecent society.
and:
It is daylight in Afghanistan. There are many unwelcome fires there, and, many, many human beings are trying to put them out.
– Kurt Vonnegut / photo credit
