The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?

I write longhand and I type and I rewrite on the typed pages.

Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.

Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?

All of our religions but the Judaic and the Greek think more of us dead than alive.

I've come to look upon death the same way I look upon root-canal work. Everyone else seems to get through it all right, so it couldn't be too difficult for me.

That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.