That's Some Catch, That Catch-22," He Observed.

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.

I Think That Maybe In Every Company Today There Is Always At Least One Person Who Is Going Crazy Slowly.

Gold Was Not Sure Of Many Things, But He Was Definite About One: For Every Successful Person He Knew, He Could Name At Least Two Others Of Greater Ability, Better, And Higher Intelligence Who, By Comparison, Had Failed.

I Don't Think It's Good To Achieve Too Much At Too Early An Age. What Else Can The Future Give You If You've Already Got All That Your Imagination Has Dreamt Up For You? A Writer Is Only Discovered Once In A Lifetime, And If It Happens Very Early The Impossibility Of Matching That Moment Again Can Have A Somewhat Corrosive Effect On His Personality And Indeed On The Work Itself.

The Country Was In Peril; He Was Jeopardizing His Traditional Rights Of Freedom And Independence By Daring To Exercise Them.