
Mother Night

circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. • • • I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.
Kurt Vonnegut • Slaughterhouse-Five

"It took us that long to realize that a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved."
Kurt Vonnegut • The Sirens of Titan: A Novel
and it went like this:
Kurt Vonnegut • Slaughterhouse-Five
