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ThePQ4:
You know...this makes me feel kind of bad that I actually have a copy of Slaughterhouse Five sitting on my desk --that's been on my desk for like three months that I picked up off of the Free-Ledge near the Library Resource Center... Maybe in memoriam I shall read it this weekend. (...Is Memoriam the right/a word? Whatever)

ScrambledGregs:
This hits me really hard because Vonnegut is my idol and it was one of my dreams to meet him someday. If I become even half the writer, human being, or wonderful personality he was, I will be happy.

Ally:
I was so upset to learn this today, but he definitely will not be forgotten.

Mnementh:

--- Quote from: Inlander on 11 Apr 2007, 23:34 ---Goodbye, Mr. Vonnegut. I think maybe the world wasn't good enough for you.

--- End quote ---

I think that much like he wrote about Mark Twain, he finally "stopped laughing at his own agony and that of those around him. He denounced life on this planet as a crock. He died."

In that context his passing is appropriate, even poetic, and the sad thing is that the world was in such a sorry state when he left.

Beautiful Maladies:
I would like to think that Mr. Vonnegut died happy.  He once said something, concerning his "retirement", that comforted me this morning when I found out. I will not put it in quotes, because I can rely only on my memory, but it was something to the effects of his feeling like a flower that, after blooming, is able to rest, believing that it had served some purpose.

Kurt Vonnegut's work changed my life.  I feel today like I have lost a mentor.

Safe journey, Mr. Vonnegut.  If we do indeed spend eternity reliving our lives again and again, I hope that yours proved to be pleasant.

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