When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at t — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle
When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at t — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle
When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at t — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle
When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at t — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle
When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at t — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle
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When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at top speed

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle
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