Joseph Heller, Catch-22

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."

"What the hell are you getting so upset about?"he asked her bewilderedly in a tone of contrite amusement. "I thought you didn't believe in God.""I don't,"she sobbed, bursting violently into tears. "But the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be."

"He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt."