p. 66: “But all I could say as a Christian then was, “Life is sure funny sometimes.” “And sometimes it isn’t,” said Marvin Breed.”
p. 151 “I think, therefore I am, therefore I am photographable.”
p. 153 ““I’m not a drug salesman. I’m a writer.”
p. 164 I love the phrasing here “…sticky nets of human futility hung up on a moonless night to dry.”
p. 168 “Self-taught, are you?” Julian Castle asked Newt. “Isn’t everybody?” Newt inquired.
p. 191 another example of beautiful language “…rolled out of bed at the first bang and ran to the heart of the house in the brainless ecstasy of a volunteer fireman.”
p. 218 “Science is magic that works.”
p. 219 this might not be your view, nor mine, but it is one shared by many “I agree with one Bokononist idea. I agree that all religions, including Bokononism, are nothing but lies.”
p. 234 this must be a popular vacation spot “The people of San Lorenzo,” the father told me, “are interested in only three things: fishing, fornication, and Bokononism.”
p. 247 “Think a little! Don’t be afraid of straining your brains. They won’t break.”