The Sirens of Titan

Details
Our second book is (surprise surprise) Vonnegut's second novel: Sirens of Titan

Quote:
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”

Description
In his 1959 novel, Kurt starts to move more in a sci-fi direction that will continue to show up throughout his works:

"Set across the solar system, the story follows Malachi Constant, a wealthy but empty man who discovers he's been manipulated his entire life as part of an alien scheme spanning centuries. Through his journey from Earth to Mars to Titan, Constant experiences every extreme of human fortune—from immense privilege to slavery to martyrdom.

He discovers that even in a universe where humanity serves as unwitting tools for alien goals, the small acts of kindness, the capacity to love, and the willingness to take responsibility for one another remain the most genuinely human responses to an absurd existence."