She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is Doing, [writes Bokonon].

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.

Each one of us has to be what he or she is.

I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.

The umpire had comical news. The congregation had been theoretically spotted from the air by a theoretical enemy. They were all theoretically dead now. The theoretical corpses laughed and ate a hearty noontime meal.

Trout was petrified there on Forty-second Street. It had given him a life not worth living, but I had also given him an iron will to live. This was a common combination on the planet Earth.

People like to feel entitled, whether they're actually entitled or not.