Billy Pilgrim

"That is my principal objection to life, I think: Nobody's here by accident."

"Being a Tralfamadorian, I was free to ignore the possibility of dying before I was born."

"The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just the way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains."

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

"I have this disease late in life. It's like bad fever thoughts."

"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."

"The purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved."

"The most important thing I have learned is that old friends should always be cherished."

"Everything is beautiful if you let it be."

"I have become unstuck in time."

"Being American is to eat a slide of pizza"

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

"The only reason I'm going to talk to you now is that you're not paying me anything."

"I am a Earthling. I am from planet Earth, which you probably know."

"I wish you all good luck."

"I have this disease late in life. It's a very sudden disease."

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

"That is my principal contribution to science."

"Yes, I understand it at last. This is the only stable thing in the Universe."

"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."

"We are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

"Congratulations on your baby, congratulations on it."

"It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one."

"What is the purpose of life?"

"That's nice."

"Everything is beautiful now."

"I have come unstuck in time."

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