“The Germans will be beaten in a few months. And Japan will be beaten a few months after that. If I were to give up my life now, it wouldn’t be for my country. It would be for Cathcart and Korn. So I’m turning my bombsight in for the duration. 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 I’d certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn’t I?”
