Thursday, April 11, 2013

Quote of The Day 4-11-13



"Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God."

Kurt Vonnegut, big fan.  I also love traveling, and peculiar traveling as well.  The new strange experiences that we absorb through travel affect the psyche and broaden horizons both literal and figurative.  To embrace the odd or unforeseen is to improvise, to tumble through unknown motions, to learn from whatever privilege presents.  Much like dancing lessons from God.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was an American author best known for his satirical dark humor.  A personal favorite of mine, Vonnegut’s style commonly combined science fiction along with his typical dark humor.  He also chronicles some of his wartime experience in Germany during World War II in several of his novels.   His books Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and Breakfast of Champions are among his most popular and widely considered American classics.  Vonnegut was an outspoken pacifist, a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, and was an honorary president of the American Humanist Association.

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