Billy Pilgrim

"Everything is supposed to be very hush-hush"

"How nice – to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive"

"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die"

"War has ways of keeping you busy"

"It goes a long way back, I guess"

"There was nothing to do about it"

"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."

"It is hard to adapt to chaos, but it can be done."

"I have already seen the end of the world. It is nice."

"Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt."

"I am a very good and happy person."

"I have come to love death. So it goes."

"The most important thing I have to tell you today is that I am a Unitarian Universalist."

"Drink calmly, and all the time I am thinking of you."

"The most important thing I have to say is this: I've been granted a high privilege."

"How nice to be a part of something that can never be destroyed."

"I have this disease late, but only in the evenings. When I wake up tomorrow, I'll be fine again."

"The most important thing I have ever learned is that life goes on."

"Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better."

"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."

"I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains."

"Congratulations. I am a marked man. My name is mud."

"The most important thing I have learned is that life is made up of many small moments."

"My father caught them just as they were chirping, there in the garden."

"Somebody has to do the dishes."

"He wanted to feel nothing. Then he could feel nothing."

"War isn't a pleasant experience. It's terrifying for everyone involved."

"The most important thing I know is that each of us is trapped in his own skin."

"I would die if I could not see you."

"Everything is nothing, and it keeps me wondering why I even try."