Jonas

“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.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“Now, where were we? Read me back the last line.'
'"Read me back the last line,"' read back the corporal who could take shorthand.
'Not my last line, stupid!' the colonel shouted. 'Somebody else's.'
'"Read me back the last line."' read back the corporal.
'That's my last line again!' shrieked the colonel, turning purple with anger.
'Oh, no, sir,' corrected the corporal. 'That's my last line. I read it to you just a moment ago. Don't you remember, sir? It was only a moment ago.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“Yossarian had done his best to warn him the night before.
'You haven't got a chance, kid,' he told him glumy. 'They hate Jews.'
'But I'm not Jewish,' answered Clevinger.
'It will make no difference,' Yossarian promised, and Yossarian was right. 'They're after everybody.”
― Joseph Heller

“The dung made him think of his lord father.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons