“There in the hospital, Billy was having an adventure very common among people without power in time of war: He was trying to prove to a willfully deaf and blind enemy that he was interesting to hear and see.”
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.”