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Slaughterhouse-Five Chapter 5, Section 42

By Kurt Vonnegut

Chapter 5, Section 42

The Tralfamadorians don't get Billy either: they can't imagine how humans see time.
They keep making up huge, ridiculous metaphors to explain how restricted human sight is.