Slaughterhouse-Five

"That is I. That is me. That is the author of this book."

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

"I have come unstuck in time."

"That is nice, I would have liked that."

"If I hadn't spent so much time studying Earthlings, I wouldn't have any idea how to operate in a human world."

"Take it easy, we're in a lovely spot."

"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that ignorance and bungling and cowardice are the essence of Old Earth."

"People aren't supposed to be squeamish about finished events."

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

"I am here to help my children find their destiny."

"Every character is trapped in amber."

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

"I hate to say it but I'm not going to have a good time at a nice party unless I'm surrounded by Slaughterhouse-Five victims."

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

"Mother night, cover me."

"The most important thing is the present moment."

"That is a very Earthling thing to do."

"Congratulations. 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."

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

"I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to work on weapons or other machinery of war."

"There is no why."

"And then Billy realized something: that being alive was what the Tralfamadorians called 'being born to die.'"

"It is just an illusion here on Earth that one moment follows another one, one thing happens and then another."

"It was very much like heaven, what I saw on Tralfamadore."

"She was a student of mine at Cornell, one of the nicest people who ever lived."

"On Tralfamadore, I am the only one who can see the Tralfamadorian perspective."

"And I have become a Tralfamadorian now."

"That was I. That is me. That will be me."

"Every day I have a wonderful opportunity to do good work and to be of service."