Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt

From the novel Slaughterhouse- Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Thanks to Adam for putting me onto this… a beautiful quote from the tombstone of Billy Pilgrim, a fictional character from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’, describing his final reflections on his very eventful life.

It reminds that though life often seems hard and unfair, life itself is still a miracle.. and therefore it is extremely beautiful.

~ by humblemonkey on March 15, 2009.

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4 Responses to “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt”

  1. i love Vonnegut
    thanks

    nick55000 said this on November 1, 2009 at 3:52 am | Reply

  2. Oh, nice . . .

    Ciona said this on November 15, 2009 at 9:01 pm | Reply

  3. Amen! Stumbled onto your site today while I was googling to find the name of the Vonnegut character whose epitaph this was. I look forward to taking a look around. Peace.

    Ed G. said this on November 16, 2009 at 5:35 pm | Reply

  4. I always saw this as being deeply, hilariously, tragically sarcastic. I mean taking this literally… it dismisses the rest of the book in a way. Life appears to be many things, and one of the major themes of the book is the ignorance of the human race. Romanticizing war, idealizing domestic life, dismissing mental illnesses. That is just my opinion of course, and the quote is beautiful all the same. I want it written on my tombstone! 🙂

    Charlotte said this on February 27, 2013 at 1:36 am | Reply

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