“The first sentence in The Books of Bokonon is this: 'All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.' My bokonist warning is this: Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either. So be it.”
Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Book:Cat’s Cradle
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