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  • Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.

    Sweet   Atheist   Crazy  
    Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.160, Dial Press
  • When I moved to New York out of college, that was my goal. To be a stage actress. And to do dramatic works. Like Madea, and Night, Mother, and Sam Shepard, and all that kind of stuff. Thats what I really wanted to do.

    Mother   New York   Night  
    "Rachael Harris: Divorce Experience Helped Her Nab ‘Natural Selection’ Role". Interview with Matt Patches, www.hollywood.com.
  • We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

    Life   Happiness   Wisdom  
    Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.5, Dial Press
  • Mother Night and May The Darkness Be Merciful!

    Mother   Night   Darkness  
    Anne Bishop (2000). “Queen of the Darkness: The Black Jewels Trilogy 3”, p.206, Penguin
  • But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?

  • I am a part of the part that at first was all, part of the darkness that gave birth to the light, that supercilious light which now disputes with Mother Night her ancient rank and space, and yet cannot succeed; no matter how it struggles, it sticks to matter and can't get free. Light flows from substance, makes it beautiful.

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1941). “Goethe's Faust”
  • Since there is no one else to praise me, I will praise myself -- will say that I have never tampered with a single tooth in my thought machine, such as it is. There are teeth missing, God knows -- some I was born without, teeth that will never grow. And other teeth have been stripped by the clutchless shifts of history -- But never have I willfully destroyed a tooth on a gear of my thinking machine. Never have I said to myself, 'This fact I can do without.

  • Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side.

    Hate   Men   Evil  
    Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.251, Dial Press
  • My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order. Then, it's this fascinating world of publishing that devours most of my days and many nights.

  • There are plenty of good reasons for fighting.

    Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.251, Dial Press
  • There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It's that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive....it's that part of an imbecile that punishes and vilifies and makes war gladly.

    Hate   War   Fighting  
  • Make love when you can. It's good for you.

    Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.8, Dial Press
  • 'You hate America, don't you?' 'That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to a human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.'

    Pain   Hate   Real  
    "Mother Night". Book by Kurt Vonnegut, 1961.
  • There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

    Hate   Fighting   Imagine  
    FaceBook post by Kurt Vonnegut from Nov 21, 2015
  • What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity.

    Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut”, p.153, Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • When ''night, Mother' opened, I did not know how long it would be before I would have another show on Broadway.

    Mother   Night   Long  
  • I work through teams. It’s the only way I know how to work.

  • I think, you know, it was something that I really wanted. I wanted so much to have a son or daughter. We adopted a son. And it was just the most wonderful thing. I think the only thing that was difficult for both Maury and myself were the sleepless nights.

    Daughter   Mother   Son  
  • What is a mom but the sunshine of our days and the north star of our nights.

    Mom   Mother   Stars  
  • Writing is the only way I know how to pray.

    Writing   Way   Praying  
  • Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

    Crazy   Opportunity   Spy  
    Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.191, Dial Press
  • What-what do you want?" Annabeth asked, trying to maintain a tone of confidence. The voice cackled maliciously. 'To curse you, of course! To destroy you thousand times in the name of Mother Night!' "Only a thousand times?" Percy murmured. "Oh, good...I thought we were in trouble.

    Mother   Night   Names  
  • All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.

    People   Insane   Looks  
    "Mother Night". Book by Kurt Vonnegut, 1961.
  • The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.

    Mother   Children   Night  
    Alexander Smith (1856). “Poems ... Third edition”, p.151
  • Learning by doing is the only way I know how to learn.

    "Q&A: Tony Fadell, CEO of Nest, on making home products cool". Interview with Dana Hull, www.mercurynews.com. October 18, 2013.
  • The New York Daily News suggested that my biggest war crime was not killing myself like a gentleman. Presumably Hitler was a gentleman.

    Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.162, Dial Press
  • Most things in this world don´t work, aspirin do.

  • After I won the Pulitzer, there was this sense of, 'OK, that's enough for you. Now go away.' What I wanted was to keep writing, keep working. But no one would produce anything of mine they didn't think would be as big as ''night, Mother.'

    Mother   Writing   Night  
  • When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.

    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
  • May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.

    Mother   Morning   Night  
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