The master is gone, may he go to a place with less gravity and warm breezes.
1922 - 2007
“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’
----God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater”
So Don't be one of these -
7 comments:
oh no! oh no!
i'm reading his last book! the one of essays. and i was just thinking the other night as i was reading it how much i love his writing.
ah jeez. i guess he was old wasn't he. he didn't seem like it to me.
our loss
already missin'him, havta get those essays or sumthin.
thanks for the post or i woulda missed this important news
it's been a while since i've read one of his books but i've got a few on my keeper shelf
I'm planning to go back through the catalogue in memory.
best book illustrations ever.
and, i'm tryin my best....
i love that quote.
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