“The only thing set in stone are dumb quotes and names of dead people. Everything else is subject to change.”

“She sees things — things that might happen, things that are coming. But it’s very subjective. The future isn’t set in stone. Things change.”

“I kept thinking how they were all names of dead people, and how names are basically the only thing dead people keep.”

“The reason they invented coffins, to lock the dead in, preserve them, they put makeup on them; they didn't want them spreading or changing into anything else. The stone with the name and date was on them to weight them down.”

“Yossarian decided to change the subject. "Now you're changing the subject." he pointed out diplomatically. "I'll bet I can name two things to be miserable about for every one you can name to be thankful for.”

“The only thing worse than saying something boring is to quote someone else's boring saying”