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

“What does seem important? Bargaining in good faith with destiny.”

“Human beings used to be molecules which could do many, many different sorts of …”

“Everything is going to be unimaginably worse and is never going to get any bett…”

“There are no telegraphs on Tralfamadore. But you're right: each clump of symbol…”