April 12, 2007

"Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."


Kurt Vonnegut
1922-2007

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I woke up to this news, and I'm so sad.

I truly feel that reading his books made me a better human being.

Bernard said...

Oh my.

Thanks Rob, this is the first I heard of it.

Anonymous said...

I was so sad to hear about this. I love his work.

Anonymous said...

So sad, even though it always surprises me when certain important writers or philosophers are still alive in the first place.

I quoted him in my son's baby book... where it had a spot for a letter from mom:
Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and it's crowded. At the outside you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies: Goddamn it, you’ve got to be kind.

Squirl said...

He'll be missed.

Nightfall said...

Curses, electric boogaloo, you beat me to it.

MikeH said...

That's so sad; I loved his work (especially the way he trashed Cohoes, NY in 'Breakfast of Champions')

This is the first I've heard, and it's three days later. That's what you get for moving to a country that doesn't have CNN.

MikeH
Sussex, UK
www.lindenwald.com

Rhys said...

Have you ever considered doing a 'photo essay' style book on Schuyler? It would capture a different sort of magic than your words do.