“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

— Kurt Vonnegut · Wisdom quote

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. — Kurt Vonnegut quote card

Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) was an American novelist and satirist whose darkly comic books, including Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle, blended science fiction with anti-war themes.

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