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

“The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.”

“You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be. ”

“Home was not the place where you were born but the place you created yourself, where you did not need to explain, where you finally became what you were.”

“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.”

“Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. ”