When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?

The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.

Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of the one on Pianosa. It was a sturdy and complex monument to his powers of determination. Yossarian never went there to help until it was finished; then he went there often, so pleased was he with the large , fine, rambling shingled building. It was a truly splendid building, and Yossarian throbbed with a mighty sense of accomplishment each time he gazed at it and reflected that none of the work that had gone into it was his.

You wouldn’t be normal if you were never afraid. Even the bravest men experience fear. One of the biggest jobs we all face in combat is to overcome fear.

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

All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.