One of the best of all American writers - I'd put him up with Twain - has died, leaving us all the poorer.
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Am back in Amersham after a three week trip to India. The vacation (a misnomer) in India was wonderful. So wonderful it was that at one point my body gave up digesting in disgust. A few books I read during the vacation:-
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- Mark Twain
Mr Vonnegurt is my all time number one favourite philosopher and allways a ball to read. Bye Kurt.
Very sad.
I was kind of expecting this, however.
Don't be too sad. Taking the fourth-dimensional point of view of the Tralfamadorians in Slaughterhouse-Five, he is gone in this moment. But he is still present in many other moments.
His genius is still present in his books.
"The only way I know God exists is through music" He did not claim it to be his opwn, but thought this would be his perfect epitaph.
And so it goes -----
Bill Grundy Melbourne Australia