Comments on: Goodbye to Kurt http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/12/658/ One more bite of the apple. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:11:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: WWofP http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/12/658/#comment-40682 WWofP Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:10:08 +0000 http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/12/658/#comment-40682 I used to pass Kurt Vonnegut on 1st Avenue in New York City. I'd always give him that kind of I-see-you-and-know-who-you-are, but-won't-make-a big-deal-out-of-it smile. He was a big deal to me. A long life. A productive life. Lynne I used to pass Kurt Vonnegut on 1st Avenue in New York City. I’d always give him that kind of I-see-you-and-know-who-you-are, but-won’t-make-a big-deal-out-of-it smile.

He was a big deal to me.

A long life. A productive life.

Lynne

]]> By: david i http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/12/658/#comment-40341 david i Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:17:54 +0000 http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/12/658/#comment-40341 Vonnegut himself asserted that a book was only a book, and that assailing books or their authors was like (I quote from memory) "donning a full suit of armor and attacking a hot fudge sundae." I've never been sure if he believed that or not. It was hard to tell with that man sometimes. Vonnegut himself asserted that a book was only a book, and that assailing books or their authors was like (I quote from memory) “donning a full suit of armor and attacking a hot fudge sundae.”

I’ve never been sure if he believed that or not. It was hard to tell with that man sometimes.

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