So it goes.

Kurt Vonnegut · Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), refrain

We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies.

Kurt Vonnegut · The source reads: “You know—we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock. "My God, my God—" I said to myself, "it's the Children's Crusade."” · Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), ch. 5

There's only one rule that I know of, babies: you've got to be kind.

Kurt Vonnegut · The source reads: “Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies—: "God damn it, you've got to be kind."” · God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)

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We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies.

There's only one rule that I know of, babies: you've got to be kind.

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“So it goes.”

“We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies.”

“There's only one rule that I know of, babies: you've got to be kind.”

“Science is magic that works.”

“To write all things in a book is to leave a sword in the hands of a child.”

“Nationalization of industry is the doom of trade unionism.”

“The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil.”

We Value Your Opinion Comments

So it goes.

We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies.

There's only one rule that I know of, babies: you've got to be kind.

Science is magic that works.

To write all things in a book is to leave a sword in the hands of a child.

Nationalization of industry is the doom of trade unionism.

The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil.