“A five pence fine is right and proper —
and to sum up my defence
it was his fault he came a cropper:
CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE!”

“He (Mike Pence) is a man of character and accomplishment. He is the right man for the job.”

“His only fault is that he has no fault.”
Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.

“I always end up working with writers with a twisted sense of humour and a fine sense of warped violence. And that's right up my strasse.”

“They done
Wrong
Like ink from a busted pen
Thrown away 'cause of someone else
Used up
But he come back
Dressed in night
Fine as a king
With his queen
The wrong
Made right
So right.”

“People living and dead, things past and present, all are contributories to that diminutive stream, oneself; a reflection which is essentially consoling, since it associates one with the sum of things and prevents one from living in barren isolation.”

“Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity.”

“Pence has a point. But he has little standing to make it.”

“I paused and set down my glass, searching for the fine edge of deceit that always lies right up against the truth.”

“Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.”