# Quote — Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

> The crucified planet Earth,
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> should it find a voice
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> and a sense of irony,
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> might now well say
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> of our abuse of it,
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> "Forgive them, Father,
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> They know not what they do."The irony would be
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> that we know what
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> we are doing.When the last living thing
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> has died on account of us,
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> how poetical it would be
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> if Earth could say,
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> in a voice floating up
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> perhaps
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> from the floor
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> of the Grand Canyon,
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> "It is done."
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> People did not like it here.

- Author: [Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut.md)
- Book: [A Man Without a Country](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/a-man-without-a-country.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/a-man-without-a-country/the-crucified-planet

## More from this book

> And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to the names of persons who have checked out those titles.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/a-man-without-a-country/and-on-the.md)

> If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.

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> It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show.

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