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ismilesometimes April 12 2007, 20:26:10 UTC
The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever.
- Slaughterhouse Five

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kiersto April 13 2007, 01:54:29 UTC
another reason why i love that book.

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About Kurt. anonymous April 13 2007, 02:41:09 UTC
He has my birthday, and I've always known that, but now I remembered again.
He almost made it to 85.

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_mindfucker_ April 13 2007, 17:30:31 UTC
what a great author.

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