Billy Pilgrim

Character in Slaughterhouse-Five From: Slaughterhouse-Five

Protagonist; a soldier who becomes 'unstuck in time' and experiences his life non-linearly

355 quotes

"Everything is nothing, and nothing is everything."
Philosophy
"Serenity Now."
Peace
"I love you. I hate you. It's the same thing."
Relationships
"One day a Tralfamadorian will come to Earth."
Imagination
"It is just that we are Earthlings trapped by time."
Time
"It's so nice to have people think you're dead."
Humor
"Do you know what a library is?"
Education
"That is the strongest picture in my life now."
"The most important thing is the present moment."
Time
"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."
Life
"Being alive is like being trapped in a traffic jam."
Life
"I hate war. I don't want to kill anybody."
Peace
"Mother Night, I will always be grateful to you, even though you were only a dream."
Gratitude
"I am not overweight. I am undertall"
Humor
"How nice – to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive"
Life
"I wish you all good luck"
Hope
"I have this little problem with the universe. It just does not seem fair."
Philosophy
"The worst part about being trapped in yesterday is that yesterday has already happened."
Time
"Tralfamadorian time is not like Earth time."
Time
"The most important thing I learned was that listening is far more important than talking."
Wisdom
"The United States of America wanted to make sure that I would never leave the war."
War
"Moments aren't events that follow one another in strict chronological order."
Time
"Dresden was one big flame. Now and then—uh, there was guggling down below."
War
"A sum of their powers is the ability to see in four dimensions."
Science
"That is what I am, and that is all that I am."
Philosophy
"Robert, I'd like to welcome you into the Tralfamadorian philosophy."
Philosophy
"Who am I to judge myself?"
Philosophy
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change."
Peace
"I'm not mad. It's just the drug that makes me talk like this."
Truth
"Bad luck and extreme youth were all we had in common."
Life