“She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.”

I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.

Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.

While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.

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.

Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.

I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.

He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.

Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.

History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.

Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.

Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody

The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.

When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.

I am the epitome of what you dream to be and the reality of what you can’t be.

The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.

My hero among heroes is my grandmother, she’s the epitome of strength and I try to mock that strength all the time. She’s a beast.

One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture – he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.

She is the epitome of majestic sadness whenever she cries.