Cat Rambo ([info]catrambo) wrote,
@ 2007-04-12 07:41:00
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Current mood: sad

RIP Kurt Vonnegut

Well, I am filled with dreadful sorrow, because one of the voices that sang something truly meaningful and wonderful and funny is gone now. I met him once. I always thought there'd be time enough to do so again.

And I will quote the same thing everyone else is quoting, from God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, for the same reason:

Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'




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[info]krisname
2007-04-12 04:05 pm UTC (link)
He lived right down the street from where I worked a while back. He'd wander up and down Dag Hammerskold (sp?) plaza in a marvelous rumpled raincoat. The day they laid me off from that job, I went out to the plaza to cry on a park bench, and when I looked up, he was sitting on the next bench over. He smiled at me, transforming a crappy day into a good one just. like. that.

sigh.

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[info]david_de_beer
2007-04-12 07:40 pm UTC (link)
The term "Great" is bandied about so often, but for my money, Vonnegut truly was great. Never had the privilege to personally meet him, but his writing has been absolute magic in my life.

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