Do you realize that all great literature – "Moby Dick, " "Huckleberry Finn, " "A Farewell to Arms, " "The Scarlet Letter, " "The Red Badge of Courage, " "The Iliad and The Odyssey, " "Crime and Punishment, " the Bible, and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" – are all about what a bummer it is to be a. ..human being? Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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The quote "Do you realize that all great literature — "Moby Dick," "Huckleberry Finn," "A Farewell to Arms," "The Scarlet Letter," "The Red Badge of Courage," "The Iliad and The Odyssey," "Crime and Punishment," the Bible, and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" are all about what a bummer it is to be a ...human being?" is said to be by the British poet, William Butler Yeats. This quote really emphasizes how Yeats feels about humanity. He states that all humans are imperfect, so it can be hard to live with them. He also says that everyone will die someday, so what does it matter? The quote seems to be saying that there is no point in fighting for happiness because it could end at any time and we would only die anyway.

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