“Of course you're dying. We're all dying. Where the devil else do you think you're heading?” — 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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 couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady. — 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
