“It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds.”
More from Kurt Vonnegut
“She did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.”
“You’ve got to write again. Just as daisies bloom as daisies and roses bloom as roses—you…”
“If we are not sad when we part, we must have done something lovely.”
“If we are not sad when we part, we must have done something lovely.”