Today is the birthday of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007), novelist. He is best known for his novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and his humanist beliefs. He was the honorary president of the American Humanist Association."Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
"It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
"We are what we imagine ourselves to be." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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