Top Highlights

• “All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.”
• Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.
• New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.”
• “People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.”
• “Maturity,” Bokonon tells us, “is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.”