Nov 11, 2014 · “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” — From Mother Night. 5.

May 2, 2019 · “I don’t think it’s a marvelous moral; I simply happen to know what it is: We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” Mother Night is the story of an American spy in Germany- Howard W. Campbell, Jr. It is framed as his memoir, written in an Israeli jail cell.

Jan 9, 2025 · We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Introduction (1966) Sometimes misquoted as: Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night tags: action , attitude , choice , imagination , inspiration , life , pretend

Oct 8, 2013 · Called “our finest black-humorist” by The Atlantic Monthly, Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Now his first and last works come together for the first time in print, in a collection aptly titled after his famous phrase, We Are What We Pretend To …

We Are What We Pretend To Be: The First and Last Works is a book by Kurt Vonnegut. Published posthumously in 2013, [1] it contains two novellas that were previously unpublished: Basic Training and If God Were Alive Today. It also contains some reminiscences and commentary by his daughter Nanette.

“Be aware of this truth that the people on this earth could be joyous, if only they would live rationally, and if they would contribute mutually to each others’ welfare.” We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”