Slaughterhouse-Five

"Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt."

"I think that novels about great wars and other historically important events can be written only by people who have absolutely no imagination."

"All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist."

"I have already seen the end of the world. It is nice."

"You know what the problem with getting old is?"

"It is hard to adapt to chaos, but it can be done."

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

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

"There was nothing to do about it"

"It goes a long way back, I guess"

"That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do"

"All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist"

"This is true, this is kind, this is necessary, this is true"

"You don't ever have to do anything ever again"

"War has ways of keeping you busy"

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

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

"You know what I wish?"

"It is just an illusion here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string"

"The Universe doesn't care"

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

"I have this disease late in life. It's tremendous enthusiasm. But it kills you, I think"

"Everything is supposed to be very hush-hush"