I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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That men would die was a matter of necessity; which men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of...
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Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?" "I do," Dunbar told ...
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Frankly I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the con...
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The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady.
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It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.
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History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on ...
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All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.
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Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office.
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-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!
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The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and that includes Col...
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There were usually not nearly as many sick people inside the hospital as Yossarian saw outside the hospital, and there were generally fewer people ins...
