Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Slaughterhouse V, by Kurt Vonnegut

"Why me?"
"That is a very earthling question, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?"
"Yes."
"Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why."
~Bill Pilgrim and a Tralfamadorian, pg. 97

"All time is time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber."
~A Tralfamadorian, pg. 109

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