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 any other way, wouldn't I?

Suppose everyone on our side felt that way?

I could not write about a subject sacred to me because I would be too flippant. Fortunately, there are no subjects sacred to me.

She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.'

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.

There was only one catch and that was catch 22