So It Goes
When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in that particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is ‘So it goes.’
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Context: From a letter Billy writes to a newspaper about what he learned on Tralfamadore.
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Source: Chapter 2