2BR02B QUOTES

2 " The painter pondered the mournful puzzle of life demanding to be born and, once born, demanding to be fruitful ... to multiply and to live as long as possible—to do all that on a very small planet that would have to last forever. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , 2BR02B

4 " Thank you, sir," said the hostess. "Your city thanks you; your country thanks you; your planet thanks you. But the deepest thanks of all is from future generations. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , 2BR02B

6 " The painter's face curdled with scorn "You think I'm proud of this daub?" he said. "You think this is my idea of what life looks like?"

"What's your idea of what life looks like?" said the orderly.

The painter gestured at a foul dropcloth. "There's a good picture of it," he said. "Frame that, and you'll have a picture a damn sight more honest than this one. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , 2BR02B

8 " To be or not to be" was the telephone number of the municipal gas chambers of the Federal Bureau of Termination. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , 2BR02B

10 " The number was: "2 B R 0 2 B. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , 2BR02B

12 " If you don't like it here, Grandpa—" he said, and he finished the thought with the trick telephone number that people who didn't want to live any more were supposed to call. The zero in the telephone number he pronounced "naught." The number was: "2 B R 0 2 B." It was the telephone number of an institution whose fanciful sobriquets included: "Automat," "Birdland," "Cannery," "Catbox," "De-louser," "Easy-go," "Good-by, Mother," "Happy Hooligan," "Kiss-me-quick," "Lucky Pierre," "Sheepdip," "Waring Blendor," "Weep-no-more" and "Why Worry?" "To "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , 2BR02B

14 " The world could do with a good deal more mess, if you ask me. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , 2BR02B

16 " The zero in the telephone number he pronounced "naught." The number was: "2 B R 0 2 B. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , 2BR02B