They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady.

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

Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office.

It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.

Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family.

Why are they going to disappear him?'I don't know.'It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.

-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!

Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt...

But Yossarian knew he was right, because, as he explained to Clevinger, to the best of his knowledge he had never been wrong.

Infinite and finite are both mental constructs.

God will fight your battles if you just keep still. He is able to carry you through. Trust Him. Keep standing, keep believing and keep hoping.

I like to work around identification for the audience, and when there's a grown-up or a moral figure or something like that, people tend to go there.

Hence, a traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment.

There is no such thing as emotional incompatibility. There are only misunderstandings and mistakes which can easily be set right if we have the will to do so.

The further in you go, the bigger it gets.

More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

If you want to realize yourselves all your pet illusions must be unmasked.

If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.