“Major Major had been born too late and too mediocre. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was.”
“It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain, he fell madly in love with him.”
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“Actually, the pain in his liver had gone away, but Yossarian didn't say anything and the doctors never suspected.”
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“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 he was in the hospital but never mentioning why. One day he had a better...”
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“The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likeable. In three days no one could stand him.”
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“The colonel dwelt in a vortex of specialists who were still specializing in trying to determine what was troubling him. They hurled lights in his eyes to see if he could see, rammed needles into nerve...”
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