# Quote — Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard

> "We're having a celebration, so all sorts of things have been said which are not true," I said. "That's how to act at a party."

- Author: [Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut.md)
- Book: [Bluebeard](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/bluebeard.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut#Bluebeard_(1987)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/bluebeard/were-having-a-celebration

## More from this book

> I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.

p. 91 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/bluebeard/ive-got-news.md)

> Time is liquid. One moment is no more important than any other and all moments quickly run away.

p. 82 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/bluebeard/time-is-liquid.md)

> "I can't help it," I said. "My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things."
>
> "You and your what?" he said.
>
> "My soul and my meat," I said.
>
> "They're separate?" he said.
>
> "I sure hope they are," I said. I laughed. "I would hate to be responsible for what my meat does."

p. 246 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/bluebeard/i-cant-help.md)