"So it goes." -- Vonnegut
Okay, Kurt Vonnegut. I can't stress enough how much I admire his work. I read
Slaughterhouse-Five as a young teen and I was hooked. I think after that I quickly read
Cat's Cradle and
Breakfast of Champions. No other author that I can think of has mastered a style of writing that is almost a purposeful throwback to the established literary world (which can be pretty pompous at times). Vonnegut has been known to include doodles in his books, has introduced himself as a character (maybe not the first, certainly not the last to have done this, but done with panache) and has purposefully changed the rules on how numbers are conveyed in written text.
Unfortunately Vonnegut passed away earlier this year at the age of 84 after suffering a fall. In the days following his death, it became apparent how many lives he has touched.
So it goes.