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Catch-22 Quotes

25 of the best book quotes from Catch-22

Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.

Joseph Heller

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When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.

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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.

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Surely so many countries can’t all be worth dying for.

Joseph Heller

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patriotism

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The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.

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From now on I’m thinking only of me.

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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

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Insanity is contagious.

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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.

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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.

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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.

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Why are they going to disappear him?

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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

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“Be glad you’re even alive.” “Be furious you’re going to die.”

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You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.

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You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don’t like bigots, bullies, snobs or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate.

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I hate them consciously.

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He was never without misery, and never without hope.

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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.

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Anything worth living for is worth dying for.

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You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions.

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If you’re going to be shot, whose side do you expect me to be on?

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A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.

Joseph Heller

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Doctor Daneeka

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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

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