I Wouldn't Want To Live Without Strong

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 They Signified Was That The Owner Had Done Something Of No Benefit To Anyone More Capably Than Everyone Else.

He Had Decided To Live Forever Or Die In The Attempt.

The Frog Is Almost Five Hundred Million Years Old. Could You Really Say With Much Certainty That America, With All Its Strength And Prosperity, With Its Fighting Man That Is Second To None, And With Its Standard Of Living That Is Highest In The World, Will Last As Long As...the Frog?

As Always Occurred When He Quarreled Over Principles In Which He Believed Passionately, He Would End Up Gasping Furiously For Air And Blinking Back Bitter Tears Of Conviction. There Were Many Principles In Which Clevinger Believed Passionately. He Was Crazy.

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. 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 Anything But Circumstance. But That Was War. Just About All He Could Find In Its Favor Was That It Paid Well And Liberated Children From The Pernicious Influence Of Their Parents.