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...
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...
I frequently feel I'm being taken advantage of merely because I'm asked to do the work I'm paid to do.
Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.'That's some catch, that Catch-22,' he observed.'It's the best there is,' Doc Dan...
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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...
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...
He found Luciana sitting alone at a table in the Allied officers' night club, where the drunken Anzac major who had brought her there had been stupid enough to desert her for the ribald company of som...
Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
Insanity is contagious.
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...
General Peckem even recommends that we send our men into combat in full-dress uniform so they'll make a good impression on the enemy when they're shot down.
Hogyha beszélsz azzal az emberrel ott fönt – mondta –, az a kívánságom, hogy mondj el Neki valamit helyettem. Mondd meg Neki, nem igazság, hogy az emberek fiatalon halnak meg. De tényleg így gondolom....
Yossarian attended the education sessions because he wanted to find out why so many people were working so hard to kill him.
Depreciating motels, junked automobiles, and quick-food joints grow like amber waves of grain.
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.
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...
She acts like she don't like youShe doesn't like anyoneShe likes Capitan Black, Orr reminded.That's because he treats her like dirt. Anyone can get a girl that way
Why, swore Yossarian at him approvingly, you evil-eyed, mechanicallyaptituded, disaffiliated son of a bitch, did you walk around with anything in your cheeks?
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.
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