Kurt Vonnegut Quote
It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love.It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him.What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity.Now even that had flickered out.How long I stood frozen there, I cannot say. If I was ever going to move again, someone else was going to have to furnish the reason for moving.Somebody did.A policeman watched me for a while, and then he came over to me, and he said, You alright?Yes, I said.You've been standing here a long time, he said.I know, I said.You waiting for somebody? he said.No, I said.Better move on, don't you think? he said.Yes, sir, I said.And I moved on.
It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love.It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him.What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity.Now even that had flickered out.How long I stood frozen there, I cannot say. If I was ever going to move again, someone else was going to have to furnish the reason for moving.Somebody did.A policeman watched me for a while, and then he came over to me, and he said, You alright?Yes, I said.You've been standing here a long time, he said.I know, I said.You waiting for somebody? he said.No, I said.Better move on, don't you think? he said.Yes, sir, I said.And I moved on.