Bokonon Quotes

“All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

“Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end,
And our God will take things back that He to us did lend.
And if, on that sad day, you want to scold our God,
Why just go ahead and scold Him. He'll just smile and nod.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Oh, a very sorry people, yes,
Did I find here.
Oh, they had no music,
And they had no beer.
And, oh, everywhere
Where they tried to perch
Belonged to Castle Sugar, Incorporated,
Or the Catholic church.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

“If I am ever put to death on the hook, expect a very human performance.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Live by the foma(Harmless untruths) that make you brave
and kind and healthy and happy.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

“Oh, a sleeping drunkard
Up in Central Park,
And a lion-hunter
In the jungle dark,
And a Chinese dentist,
And a British queen--
All fit together
In the same machine.
Nice, nice, very nice;
Nice, nice, very nice;
Nice, nice, very nice--
So many different people
In the same device.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle