... there is wisdom in madness and strong probability of truth in all accusations, for people are complete, and everyone is capable of everything.

If character is destiny, the good are damned.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.

When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don't see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

Man was matter, that was Snowden's secret. Drop him out a window, and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and he'll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage. That was Snowden's secret. Ripeness was all.