Paul Lazzaro Quotes in Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

Paul Lazzaro: That corporal. He'll get back home after the war. He'll be a big hero. Dames'll be climbin' all over him. Couple of years go by, and one day there's gonna be a knock on his door and there'll be this stranger. "Paul Lazzaro sent me," the stranger will say and then he'll pull out a gun and shoot his pecker off. Stranger will give him a couple of seconds to think about who Paul Lazzaro is and what life's gonna be like without a pecker. Then he'll shoot him once in the guts and walk away. Yes.

Paul Lazzaro: He's a kraut.

Roland Weary: He don't look like one.

Billy Pilgrim: I'm not, I'm an American.

Paul Lazzaro: Prove it

[finger in Billy's face]

Roland Weary: [to Billy] Who plays third for the Tigers?

Billy Pilgrim: The Tigers?

Roland Weary: The Detroit Tigers...

Billy Pilgrim: [no answer]

Paul Lazzaro: [to Roland] Who is it?

Roland Weary: I don't know.

Paul Lazzaro: [smacks Weary] Whadya ask 'im for?