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"If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have nerve enough to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts."
TimequakeWestern Civilizations second unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. — Timequake
"Western Civilizations second unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide."
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Timequake is a 1997 semi-autobiographical work by Kurt Vonnegut. Marketed as a novel, the book was described as a "stew" by Vonnegut, in which he summarizes a novel he had been struggling with for a number of years.
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