There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.
From Joseph Heller
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.
When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about.
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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