Posts tagged kurt vonnegut
When I press the keys, it all gets reversed.
“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
(Source: heyiitskatie, via letustrywhatlovewilldo)
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I have read In These Times since 82..Along with The Nation they have stood up to the powers that be when so many others bowed in compliance….
(via 50thirdand3rd)
I am eternally grateful … for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on.
(Source: absedarian)
(Source: mattkirkpatrick)
“we are what we pretend to be.
so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
- Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
