“Note to self: being Kurt's son, being an ex-mental patient, getting into Harvard, having written a book, and being a doctor are all things that in and of themselves do not make a life. If you lean on them too hard, you'll find that there's not much there. But if you add up a lot of things that aren't in and of themselves enough, it almost starts to add up to something.” IfsBookSelfHardEnoughWrittenSonAll ThingsDoctorsAddNotesPatientExesHarvardNote To SelfSelf Being Author:Mark Vonnegut
“Fear that I was very different from everyone else. Fear that deep down inside I was a shallow fraud, that after the revolution or after Jesus came down to straighten everything out, everyone from hippies to hard-hats would unfold and blossom into the beautiful people they were while I would remain a gnarled little wart in the corner, oozing bile and giving off putrid smells.” PeopleGivingLittlesDifferentHardBeautifulJesusFearRevolutionCornersSmellHatsFraudShallowHippieDeep DownBeautiful PeopleWarts Book:The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity Source: The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity
“The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading hard and writing hard and trying to be of service” ThinkingWritingTryingHardMightReadingRadicalAudaciousThinking Hard Author:Mark Vonnegut