Yossarian was moved by such intense pity for his poverty that he wanted to smash his pale. sad, sickly face with his fist and knock him out of existence
Yossarian was cold, too, and shivering uncontrollably. He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over the messy floor. It was...
What the hell are you getting so upset about? he asked her bewilderedly in a tone of contrite amusement. I thought you didn't believe in God.I don't, she sobbed, bursting violently into tears. But the...
Tu sei pazzo!
There was no way of really knowing anything, he knew, not even that there was no way of really knowing anything.
There is no light. I don't feel like starting my generator. I used to get a big kick out saving people's lives. Now I wonder what the hell's the point, since they all have to die anyway.Dr. Stubbs Cat...
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
One had to know Plato personally to appreciate the love he suppressed puritanically for the music, poetry, and drama he censured in his philosophy and censored in his model communities. They moved him...
Major Major's father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age. He was a long-limbed farmer, a God-fearing, freedom-loving, law-abiding rugged individualist who he...
Major Major had lied, and it was good. He was not really surprised that it was good, for he had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than...
Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
I only raped her once, he explained. Yossarian was aghast. But you killed her, Aarfy! You killed her! Oh, I had to do that after I raped her, Aarfy replied in his most condescending manner.
From now on I'm thinking only of me.Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way.Then, said Yossarian, I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel a...
Five is very good, Milo, he observed with enthusiasm, spying a ray of hope. That averages out to almost one combat mission every two months. And I’ll bet your total doesn’t even include the time you b...
Do you know how long a year takes when it's going away?' Dunbar repeated to Clevinger. 'This long.' He snapped his fingers. 'A second ago you were stepping into college with your lungs full of fresh a...
Depreciating motels, junked automobiles, and quick-food joints grow like amber waves of grain.
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
Be thankful you’re healthy. Be bitter you’re not going to stay that way. Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction. There were many principl...
Frankly I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.