The youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an adult conversation.

... life, by definition, is never still.

What good is a planet called Earth, after all, if you own no land?

Never schedule a board meeting on Wednesday because it kills two weekends.

There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.

We used to have superb public schools. I guess we don't anymore, but, boy, the public schools were really something and I am a product of those in Indianapolis.

Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.