Slaughterhouse-Five

"Children are the only ones who truly understand."

"I have had everything a man could have."

"He laughed at his own thoughts."

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

"There is no why."

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

"Everything is determined, the past as well as the future."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Somebody has to do the dishes."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"You don't have to look around. There is no where else to look."

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

"I am a very good and happy person."

"All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true."