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Bokonon Quotes

Kurt Vonnegut quote: "As Bokonon says: 'peculiar travel suggestions are dancing..."
As Bokonon says: 'peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Maturity, Bokonon tells us, is a bitter disappointment for..."
Maturity, Bokonon tells us, is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists Kurt Vonnegut
The words were a paraphrase of the suggestion of Jesus: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's." Bokonon's paraphrase was this: "Pay no attention to Caesar. Caesar doesn't have the slightest idea what's really going on. Kurt Vonnegut
Ah, God, what an ugly city Ilium is!'Ah, God,' says Bokonon, 'what an ugly city every city is!'Sleet was falling through a motionless blanket of smog. It was early morning. I was riding in the Lincoln sedan of Dr. Asa Breed. I was vaguely ill, still a little drunk from the night before. Dr. Breed was driving. Tracks of a long-abandoned trolley system kept catching the wheels of his car. Breed was a pink old man, very prosperous, beautifully dressed. His manner was civilized, optimistic,... Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he..."
She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is Doing, [writes Bokonon]. Kurt Vonnegut
The driver asked me if I would mind another brief detour, this time to a tombstone salesroom across the street from the cemetery. I wasn't a Bokononist then, so I agreed with some peevishness. As a Bokononist, of course, I would have agreed gaily to go anywhere anyone suggested. As Bokonon says: 'Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God. Kurt Vonnegut

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