Glints of Light and Cat’s Cradle

19Oct08

From Glints of Light “See the cat? See the cradle?” 2 Again, Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle: Man blinked. “What is the purpose of all this?” he asked politely. “Everything must have a purpose?” asked God. “Certainly,” said man. “Then I leave you to think of one for all this,” said God. And He went away.

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Dances with Daffodils and Cows

01Sep08

From Dances with Daffodils “It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it.” -Robert E. Lee “And even if wars didn’t keep coming like glaciers, there would still be plain old death.” -Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five The Sanskrit word for “war” means “desire for more cows.”

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