The heartbreaking necessity of lying about reality and the heartbreaking impossibilty of lying about it

“The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can …”

“My soul insists that I mourn not a man but a child.”

“He often said he had to be a writer because he wasn't good at anything else. He…”

“What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Cr…”