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Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.
Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.
Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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- Kurt Vonnegut
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- Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Kurt Vonnegut: documented activity in 1950. Wikidata Q49074, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49074 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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