This person has just arrived on this planet, knows nothing about it, has no standards by which to judge it. This person does not care what it becomes. It is eager to become absolutely anything it is supposed to be.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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This person has just arrived on this planet, knows nothing about it, has no standards by which to judge it. This person does not care what it becomes. It is eager to become absolutely anything it is supposed to be. This person does not care what it becomes.

It is eager to become absolutely anything it is supposed to be. He doesn’t know what is right or wrong. The only thing he cares about is becoming absolutely anything he wants to become.

Source: Slapstick, Or Lonesome No More!

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