“They were the most depressing group of people Yossarian had ever been with. They were always in high spirits.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“This stuff is better than cotton candy, really it is. It’s made out of real cotton. Yossarian, you’ve got to help me… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“He smiled ostentatiously to show himself reasonable and nice. "I'm not saying that to be cruel and insulting," he continued with cruel… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“How much older can you be at your age? A half minute before that you were stepping into high school, and an… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“They’re not going to send a crazy man out to be killed, are they?” “Who else will go?” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Who is Spain? Why is Hitler? Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“The night was filled with horrors, and he thought he knew how Christ must have felt as he walked through the world,… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“With a little ingenuity and vision, he had made it all but impossible for anyone in the squadron to talk to him,… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“The chaplain glanced at the bridge table that served as his desk and saw only the abominable orange-red, pear-shaped, plum tomato he… — 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 Image
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
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 Image
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Depreciating motels, junked automobiles, and quick-food joints grow like amber waves of grain.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“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 Image
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
