So it goes

RIP, Kurt Vonnegut, one of the greatest and funniest American writers, and one of my personal favorites. His cleverness and humor serve as a great example to future writers, as do his ridiculous characters, absurdly realistic scenes, and brilliant incoherence. But his most important and consistently profound message is that kindness is the most essential among all of our values.

"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."