Showing posts with label Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. Show all posts

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Spiritual Quote of the Day (Kurt Vonnegut Jr., on Where You Meet Saints)

“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.”—American novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007), quoted by Harvey Wasserman, “May Peace Be with You, Kurt Vonnegut," Huffington Post, Apr. 13, 2007

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Quote of the Day (Kurt Vonnegut, To College Grads)



"I have not calculated how much your diplomas cost in time and money. Whatever those ballpark figures are, they surely deserve this reaction from me today: Wow. Wow. Wow."— Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. If This Isn't Nice, What Is? Advice for the Young (2014)

Monday, May 9, 2011

Photo of the Day: Skyscraper National Park

"Skyscraper National Park"--that's what Kurt Vonnegut Jr. called New York in his novel Slapstick. This weekend, I took this shot of the canyons of Midtown Manhattan, just north of Times Square.