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Cat's Cradle

by Kurt Vonnegut
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“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags iconic, intelligence, nature, people, uncertainty

“Science is magic that works.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags science, short

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags experience, intelligence

“There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags love, people

“You’ll forget it when you’re dead, and so will I. When I’m dead, I’m going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags death, humor

“… the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes ‘Awww!’”

-Jack Kerouac, On The Road
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tags imagery, people

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