The name of the new religion," said Rumfoord, "is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent.

Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future.

Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes.

In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me.

Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of the author.

Only in books do we learn what’s really going on.

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