“Shit happens and its awful but its okay. We deal with it because we havet to.”

“So it goes."Unlike many of these quotes, the repeated refrain from Vonnegut's classic Slaughterhouse-Five isn't notable for its unique wording so much as for how much emotion—and dismissal of emotion—it packs into three simple, world-weary words that simultaneously accept and dismiss everything. There's a reason this quote graced practically every elegy written for Vonnegut over the past two weeks (yes, including ours): It neatly encompasses a whole way of life. More crudely put: "Shit happens, and it's awful, but it's also okay. We deal with it because we have to.”

“It's a shitty world and shit happens, but we don't have to bathe in shit.”

“... shit happens. We deal with it, and we find a way to survive. You`re not the only one with the problems.”

“It's not so much what happens to us but how we deal with what happens to us.”

“If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don't change because of it. It's just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.”