Nurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change him.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

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

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.

A line is like a role model, It contributes in straightening our focus.

This guy is funny. But is he safe? And how much is that worth when the world itself has ceased to exist?

The forms of art are inexhaustible but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy.

I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here.

I am not biased against the rich because they are rich, but the most lively people are those without money who would like to have some

One truth I know for sure is that I am so blessed in my life.

Rioting is not revolutionary.

Smoking Cigars is like falling in love. First, you are attracted by its shape; you stay for its flavor, and you must always remember never, never to let the flame go out!

Dream, diversify-and never miss an angle.