"If what Billy Pilgrim learned from the Trafalmadorians is true, that we will all live forever, no matter how dead we may sometimes seem to be, I am not overjoyed. Still—If I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I'm grateful that so many of those moments are nice."

Read this for my English class and I loved this a lot more than I thought I would; I even posted sticky tabs for my favorite parts/quotes/concepts. I kind of trudged through the first 50 or so pages but once everything was established and things started connecting, I flew through it.

I loved the discussion (more of a confrontation) about American society and how we treat our poor, the questions regarding the morality of Christianity and Christians, the insight of how war impacts the mental state (triggered flashbacks, PTSD), and of course the inevitability of time and fate as per the Trafalmadorian philosophy. The emphasis on age, the consistent references via imagery to the youth of these soldiers was really hard-hitting. Very powerful anti-war (anti-glacier) book!

Edit: I think I'm going to bump this up to a 5 star. It's really got me sitting here pondering simply everything (the analysis and presentation I have to do on this may also be a factor, though)