“**Welcome to Earth**, young man,” the novelist [[Kurt Vonnegut]] once wrote to a fan. “**It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. At the outside you’ve got a hundred years here**. There’s only one rule that I know of: Goddamn it, Joe, **you’ve got to be kind**.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[kindness]], [[forgiveness]], [[momento-mori]], [[character]], [[personal-values]] **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]