“Billy Pilgrim: "You guys go on without me. I'll be alright." Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And then they saw bearded Billy Pilgrim in his blue toga and silver shoes, with his hands in a muff. He looked… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“So Billy experiences death for a while. It is simply violet light and a hum. There isn’t anybody else there. Not even… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“HERE IS HOW Billy Pilgrim lost his wife, Valencia. He was unconscious in the hospital in Vermont, after the airplane crashed on… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“Dresden was destroyed on the night of February 13, 1945,” Billy Pilgrim began. “We came out of our shelter the next day.”… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I’m going to lose weight for you,” she [Valencia Merble] said. “What?” “I’m going to go on a diet. I’m going to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The American fliers turned in their uniforms, became high school kids. And Hitler turned into a baby, Billy Pilgrim supposed. That wasn't… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
On Tralfamadore, says Billy Pilgrim, there isn't much interest in Jesus Christ. The Earthling figure who is most engaging to the Tralfamadorian… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If what Billy Pilgrim learned from the Tralfamadorians is true, that we will all live forever, no matter how dead we may… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You sound to me as though you don't be leave in the free will,' said Billy Pilgrim. 'If I hadn't spent so… — Vonnegut, Kurt Copy Share Image
Billy Pilgrim says that the Universe does not look like a lot of bright little dots to the creatures from Tralfamadore. The… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Listen - on the tenth night the peg was pulled out of the hasp on Billy's boxcar door, and the door was… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
Billy had a framed prayer on his office wall which expressed his method for keeping going, even though he was unenthusiastic about… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“It would take another Earthling to explain it to you. Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“It had to be done,” Rumfoord told Billy, speaking of the destruction of Dresden. “I know,” said Billy. “That’s war.” “I know.… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“Billy Pilgrim wasn't weak, she decided, as he drifted back to sleep—he was broken. The whole system was broken. Sending young men… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
“Those boots were almost all he owned in this world. They were his home. An anecdote: One time a recruit was watching… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Billy looked at the clock on the gas stove. He had an hour to kill before the saucer came. He went into… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore. I've finished my war book now. The next… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I've finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun. This one is a failure, and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The first time I toured the U.K. was in the early '90s with Billy Pilgrim, so I know how much the people… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
“Billy Pilgrim, there in the creekbed, thought he, Billy Pilgrim, was turning to steam painlessly.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I, Billy Pilgrim, the tape begins, will die, have died, and always will die on February thirteenth, 1976.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And now there was an acrimonious madrigal, with parts sung in all quarters of the car. Nearly everybody, seemingly, had an atrocity… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Billy Pilgrim music is very emotional. It's one part the craft we learned from people like the Indigo Girls and R.E.M., and… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
“How- how did I get here?" "It would take another Earthling to explain it to you. Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Billy Pilgrim had a theory about diaries. Women were more likely than men to think that their lives had sufficient meaning to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Hiroshima. So I’ve got to put something about it in my book. From the official Air Force standpoint, it’ll all be new.”… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“They went Indian file. First came the scouts, clever, graceful, quiet. They had rifles. Next came the antitank gunner, clumsy and dense,… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
![“I’m going to lose weight for you,” she [Valencia Merble] said. “What?” “I’m going to go on a diet. I’m going to become beautiful for you.” “I like you just the way you are.” “Do you really?” “Really,” said Billy Pilgrim. He had already seen a lot of their marriage, thanks to time-travel, and knew…” quote by Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e8d/kurt-vonnegut-41_beauty_i-m-going-to-lose-weight-for-you-she-val_81337.jpg)
