Billy Pilgrim

"The most important thing in warfare is that you survive it."

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

"I would hate to tell you what year this is."

"He laughed at his own thoughts."

"I have had everything a man could have."

"Children are the only ones who truly understand."

"Unstuck in time is what everyone wants to be."

"The only way to do anything is to do nothing at all."

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

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

"Tralfamador looked pretty much like a flying saucer."

"The most important thing I have learned is that human beings are sacred."

"Where are we, now?"

"The most important thing I have to tell you is that I am still alive."

"People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to look back anymore."

"The Tralfamadorians say that every creature in the universe is a machine."

"Tralfamadorians don't believe in free will."

"I am a Earthling, trapped by the circumstances of my planet and my era."

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

"We are here on Earth to fart around."

"The Tralfamadorians are the ones who know what's really going on."

"Death is nothing at all."

"How lonely it is!"

"The most important thing I have learned is that soldiers are dreamers too"

"The truth is, I am two people now"

"I would hate to tell you what year this is"

"The only reason I'm telling you any of this is that I think you will find out how it is that we are going to come to the end of the world"

"Nice work if you can get it"

"I wish you all the luck in the world"

"Everything is nothing, and it's so peaceful."