[dr_lew]

Just for technical purposes, let me note that the actual quote from the book occurs in the Google blurb, but was not at the site, as far as I could discern.

KURT VONNEGUT JAILBIRD BY THE SAME AUTHOR PLAYER PIANO THE SIRENSApr 7, 2010 ... What is more protean than adultery? Nothing in this world. "I am thinking of going on a ...... Love as Always, Kurt: Vonnegut as I Knew Him ... www.docstoc.com/.../KURT-VONNEGUT-JAILBIRD-BY-THE-SAME-AUTHOR-PLAYER-PIANO-THE-SIRENS - Cached

[dr_lew]

Are we being spotlighted? It certainly seems so. A google search of “protean” returned, for its FIRST HIT, just now:

Crystal Cathedral had its day20 posts - 11 authors - Last post: 4 minutes ago
I recall a line from one of Vonnegut’s later novels - “What is more Protean than adultery. Nothing.” Maybe spirituality is more Protean than ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2626526/posts?page=18