I think that maybe inside any business, there is someone slowly going crazy

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

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

But how can one be warm alone?

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

There is no disappointment so numbing...as someone no better than you achieving more.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was.