A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

Busy, busy, busy, is what we Bokononists whisper whenever we think of how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.

To be
the eyes
and ears
and conscience
of the Creator of the Universe,
you fool. Kilgore Trout's unwritten reply to the question "What is the purpose of life?"

In real life, as in Grand Opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse.

The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody.

What is flirtatiousness but an argument that life must go on and on and on