...when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist.

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

The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.

Here was what Kilgore Trout cried out to me in my father's voice: "Make me young, make me young, make me young!

I wasn't aware of Ku Klux Klan as I was aware of the widespread assumption that African-Americans were dumber than white people. I think my father believed that. I think everybody white did.

People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.

There were lots of things to stop and see-and then it was time to go, always time to go.