so it goes, he said, over and again. and she knew he only said it to remind her of her own duty dance with death but she still wished she had never given him that book. yeah, well, she said, i want to stay as close to the edge as i can without going over. yes, he said. big, undreamed-of things – the people on the edge see them first.
the several excerpts from the works of vonnegut are, obviously, property of kurt vonnegut.