Slaughterhouse 5 Chapter 1 Quotes & Sayings

Through a trick lighting technique
the skyline was made and faded
with the care of a pointillist -
maybe aiding us to think nothing was
missing. We traded verbs

about what was happening
in the metropolis, realizing,
in the scorched plum of dusk,
actual human infinity was occurring
on an island before us.... — Kristen Henderson

Young shoots contain enough cyanide to kill a horse. Death is mercifully swift, usually caused by cardiac arrest or respiratory failure and preceded by only a few hours of anxiety, convulsions, and staggering about. — Amy Stewart

Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be. — Edward De Bono

I don't know about making a passionate love story, even if it's appealing for an audience to see a husband and wife make love on the screen. — Sandra Dee

Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. — Founding Fathers

To give up on a person you care for who is trying and failing is a bad thing, but to cut ties with an individual who is giving zero effort, yet doing a number on your heart makes sense. — Christopher Hudspeth

The simplest secret of reaching any place is to start walking! If people say you can't reach there, close your ears to them and continue walking! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Memory demands an image. — Bertrand Russell

Take heart. You're not alone. Every broken heart breathes again. That's life. It goes on. In loss, and in gain. — Fakeer Ishavardas

Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion. — Novalis

Fly enough, and you learn to go brain-dead when you have to. It's sort of like time travel. One minute you're bending to unlace your shoes,and the next thing you know you're paying fourteen dollars for a fruit cup, wondering, How did I get here? — David Sedaris