"Some people are born deaf, some are born blind or whatever, and this book is about congenitally defective human beings of a sort that is making this whole country and many other parts of the planet go completely haywire nowadays. These were people born with consciences, and suddenly they are taking charge of everything."
I don't even know where to begin with this. Vonnegut just has such a way of making analogies. He words things in a way that really reaches out to me. He could be saying something that I fundamentally disagree with, but he would say it with such strength and determination and confidence that I would have no choice but to love and respect the man.
And when I grow old, I hope to be like Vonnegut. I hope to reach a point before I die when I have created my own unique life philosophy: unwavering, solid, and uniquely mine. I hope that I can stop for a moment, take a look around the world, and simply say, "this is how things are."
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