They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“You’ve been unable to adjust to the idea of war.' 'Yes, sir.' 'You have a morbid aversion to dying.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Of course you're dying. We're all dying. Where the devil else do you think you're heading?” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“To pray for their safety was to pray for the death of other young men he did not even know.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Nately's death, in fact, almost killed Yossarian too, for when he broke the news to Nately's whore in Rome she uttered a… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“There were billions of conscientious body cells oxidating away day and night like dumb animals at their complicated job of keeping him… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
I've come to look upon death the same way I look upon root-canal work. Everyone else seems to get through it all… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“One of the things he wanted to start screaming about was the surgeon's knife that was almost certain to waiting for him… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“He wondered often how he would ever recognize the first chill, flush, twinge, ache, belch, sneeze, stain, lethargy, vocal slip, loss of… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“There were usually not nearly as many sick people inside the hospital as Yossarian saw outside the hospital, and there were generally… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“They [the dying in hospitals] did not blow up in mid-air like Kraft or the dead man in Yossarian's tent, or freeze… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“There are outrages and there are outrages, and some are more outrageous than others. Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“There were usually not nearly as many sick people inside the hospital as Yossarian saw outside the hospital, and there were generally… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes. — Joseph Heller Copy Share
I’m cold,' Snowden said softly, 'I’m cold.' 'You’re going to be all right, kid,' Yossarian reassured him with a grin. 'You’re going to be… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“Captain Flume was obsessed with the idea that Chief White Halfoat would tiptoe up to his cot one night when he was sound asleep… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“Depreciating motels, junked automobiles, and quick-food joints grow like amber waves of grain.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“That was where he wanted to be if he had to be there at all, instead of hung out there in front like some… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service. — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“Yossarian was moved by such intense pity for his poverty that he wanted to smash his pale. sad, sickly face with his fist and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don't like bigots, bullies, snobs or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate." "Consciously, sir, consciously,"… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“His specialty was alfalfa, and he made a good thing out of not growing any. The government paid him well for every bushel of… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“No such private nights of ecstasy or hushed-up drinking and sex orgies ever occurred. They might have occurred if either General Dreedle or General… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
![“They [the dying in hospitals] did not blow up in mid-air like Kraft or the dead man in Yossarian's tent, or freeze to death in the blazing summertime the way Snowden had frozen to death after spilling his secret to Yossarian in the back of the plane. […] They didn't take it out on the lam weirdly…” quote by Joseph Heller](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/209/joseph-heller-601_catch_they-the-dying-in-hospitals-did-not-blow_1942653.jpg)
