“Come ci dice Bokonon: "Non si sbaglia mai dicendo addio".”

“La maturità," ci dice Bokonon, "è un'amara delusione per la quale non esiste rimedio, a meno che la risata non possa essere considerata un rimedio a qualcosa.”

“I thought this was trash.Of course it’s trash! says Bokonon.”

“Maturity, Bokonon tells us, is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists”

“As Bokonon says: 'peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god.”

“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.”

“Hazelina opsjednutost Hoosierima diljem svijeta klasičan je primjer lažnog karassa, prividne ekipe što nema nikakve veze s onime što i kako Bog radi, klasičan primjer onoga što Bokonon zove granfalloon. Drugi primjeri granfalloona su Komunistička partija, Kćeri američke revolucije, General Electric Company, International Order of Odd Fellows – bilo koja nacija, bilo kada, bilo gdje. Kako nas Bokonon poziva da pjevamo s njim:„Ako želiš znati što je granfalloonSamo zaviri u napuhani balon”