“I wish one and all long and happy lives, no matter what may become of them afterwards. Use sunscreen! Don’t smoke cigarettes. Cigars, however, are good for you … Firearms are also good for you … Gunpowder has zero fat and zero cholesterol. That goes for dumdums, too.”

— Kurt Vonnegut , book God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian

God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999)

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