The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.
The Germans will be beaten in a few months. And Japan will be beaten a few months after that. If I were to give up my life now, it wouldn't be for my country. It would be for Cathcart and Korn. So I'm...
That's some catch, that Catch-22, he observed.It's the best there is, Doc Daneeka agreed.
Superman?’ Clevinger cried. ‘Superman?’ ‘Supraman,’ Yossarian corrected.
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes fa...
Stia totul despre literatura, in afara de modul in care se putea bucura de ea.
Oh, they're there all right, Orr had assured him about the flies in Appleby's eyes after Yossarian's fist fight in the officers' club, although he probably doesn't even know it. That's why he can't se...
Oh, don’t you worry about that, Yossarian comforted him with a toneless snicker as the engines of the jeeps and ambulance fractured the drowsy silence and the vehicles in the rear began driving away b...
Of course you're dying. We're all dying. Where the devil else do you think you're heading?
Nincs mód arra, hogy tényleg mindent tudjunk, ezt is tudta, sőt azt is, hogy még azt se tudhatjuk, valóban nincs-e mód arra, hogy tényleg mindent tudjunk.
Mindenkinek joga van azt tenni, amit nem tilt a törvény, márpedig azt nem tiltja a törvény, hogy magának hazudjanak.
Mindenki nagyon barátságosan viselkedett vele szemben, és senki sem volt hozzá igazán kedves; mindenki szóba állt vele, és mindenki csak semmiségeket mondott neki.
Mi a haza? A haza egy darab föld, amit minden oldalról határok vesznek körül, rendszerint természetellenes határok. Az angolok meghalnak Angliáért, az amerikaiak meghalnak Amerikáért, a németek meghal...
Men, he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. You're American officers. The officers of no other army in the world can make that statement. Think about it.
Meglátni és megszeretni egy pillanat műve volt.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you
It was truly a splendid structure, and Yossarian throbbed with a mighty sense of accomplishment each time he gazed at it and reflected that none of the work that had gone into it was his.
It made him proud that 29 months in the service had not blunted his genius for ineptitude.
It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.
In a world in which success was the only virtue, he had resigned himself to failure.