"The most important thing I have learned on Tralfamadore is that when a person dies he only appears to die."
Death
"Money is a leading cause of misery."
Money
"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."
Life
"This is war."
War
"The only reason I'm tall is so that I can see my feet."
Humor
"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."
Life
"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies, he only appears to die."
Death
"Do you know what the Tralfamadorians think of Earth?"
Philosophy
"We are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."
Life
"The war was over in my head."
Peace
"Everything on Tralfamadore is beautiful."
Beauty
"You know what I say to people when I hear they are getting married? I say congrats on the success in the lottery."
Relationships
"I have this disease late at night sometimes."
Health
"The Tralfamadorians don't see time the way we do."
Philosophy
"All moments, past, present, and future, always have existed."
Time
"There is nothing to fear."
Fear
"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."
Happiness
"People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to look back anymore."
Change
"Do you know what happened when the Germans captured me?"
War
"The wars outside my window don't mean anything to the ones inside."
War
"We will all be dead soon. That is what I have learned."
Death
"And the war is over. The war is over. The war is over."
Peace
"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."
Life
"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die."
Death
"Now I am going to tell you about the sickness I have."
Health
"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past."
Death
"You know what I say to people when I hear they're getting married? I say, 'Why?'"
Relationships
"Make me young, make me young, make me young!"
Time
"I hate to say how time-compressed my visions of the future are, how horrible and wonderful they are, how sad they are."
Time
"Everything is fine."
Peace