She broke my heart. I didn't like that much. But that was the price. In this world, you get what you pay for.

You have to go, but I have to stay.

All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.

A joke is like building a mousetrap from scratch. You have to work pretty hard to make the thing snap when it is supposed to snap.

I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is.

If I was ever to have a child, this is what I'd tell it: 'Child,' I'd say, 'don't never mess with time. Keep now now and then then. And if you ever get lost in thick smoke, child, set still till it clears. Set still till you can see where you are and where you been and where you're going, child.

It shook up Trout to realize that even he could bring evil into the world — in the form of bad ideas.