The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
The band at the far end of the hall, amplified to the din of an elephant charge, smashed and hewed at the tune as though in a holy war against silence. Player Piano (1952)
Wars would be a lot better, I think, if guys would say to themselves sometimes "Jesus — I'm not going to do that to the enemy. That's too much." Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970)
He was a graduate of West Point, a military academy which turned young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war. Breakfast of Champions (1973)