Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84

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New York Times
Published: April 11, 2007
By DINITIA SMITH

. . . .To Mr. Vonnegut, the only possible redemption for the madness 
and apparent meaninglessness of existence was human kindness. 
The title character in his 1965 novel, “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater,”
summed up his philosophy:

“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in 
the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, 
you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that 
I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ ”. . . .

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