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- Nurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change 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…
- The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because the games were so…
- They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly. No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried. Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian…
- Yossarian was cold, too, and shivering uncontrollably. He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden…
- So many things were testing his faith. There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure…
- Sure, that's what I mean,' Doc Daneeka said. 'A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what…
- What would they do to me," he asked in confidential tones, "if I refused to fly them?" We'd probably shoot you," ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. We?"…
- To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all…
- Yossarian decided to change the subject. "Now you're changing the subject." he pointed out diplomatically. "I'll bet I can name two things to be miserable…
- 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 Colonel…
- After he made up his mind to spend the rest of the war in the hospital, Yossarian wrote letters to everyone he knew saying that…
- 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 it.…
- Who's they?" He wanted to know. "Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?" "Every one of them," Yossarian told him. "Every one…
- He found Luciana sitting alone at a table in the Allied officers' night club, where the drunken Anzac major who had brought her there had…
- You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don't like bigots, bullies, snobs or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate." "Consciously, sir, consciously," Yossarian…
- From now on I'm thinking only of me." Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way." "Then," said…
- Where were you born?" "On a battlefield," [Yossarian] answered. "No, no. In what state were you born?" "In a state of innocence.
- Her own body was such a familiar and unremarkable thing to her that she was puzzled by the convulsive ecstasy men could take from it,…
- I’m cold,' Snowden said softly, 'I’m cold.' 'You’re going to be all right, kid,' Yossarian reassured him with a grin. 'You’re going to be all…
- I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
More Yossarian Quotes
- Nurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change him. — Joseph Heller
- Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of the one on Pianosa. It… — Joseph Heller
- The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because the… — Joseph Heller
- They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly. No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried. Then why are they shooting… — Joseph Heller
- Yossarian was cold, too, and shivering uncontrollably. He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the… — Joseph Heller
- So many things were testing his faith. There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were… — Joseph Heller
- Sure, that's what I mean,' Doc Daneeka said. 'A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the… — Joseph Heller
- What would they do to me," he asked in confidential tones, "if I refused to fly them?" We'd probably shoot you," ex-P.F.C.… — Joseph Heller
- To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and… — Joseph Heller
- Yossarian decided to change the subject. "Now you're changing the subject." he pointed out diplomatically. "I'll bet I can name two things… — Joseph Heller
- The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and… — Joseph Heller
- After he made up his mind to spend the rest of the war in the hospital, Yossarian wrote letters to everyone he… — Joseph Heller