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

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22

“Man was matter, that was Snowden's secret. Drop him out a window, and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and he'll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage. That was Snowden's secret. Ripeness was all.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22 (1961)
Context: Yossarian was cold, too, and shivering uncontrollably.... It was easy to read the message in his entrails. Man was matter, that was Snowden's secret. Drop him out a window and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and he'll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage. That was Snowden's secret. Ripeness was all.

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

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22 (1961)

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

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch 22

““From now on I'm thinking only of me.” Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: “But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way?” “Then,” said Yossarian, “I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?””

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22 (1961)

“Every writer I know has trouble writing.”

Joseph Heller

“Well, he died. You don't get any older than that.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch 22

“Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22 (1961)

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

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22

“Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery or simple bad luck.”

Joseph Heller book God Knows

Source: God Knows (1984)

“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," Yossarian corrected in an effort to help. "I hate them consciously.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22

“He was never without misery, and never without hope.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22

“Where were you born?"
"On a battlefield," [Yossarian] answered.
"No, no. In what state were you born?"
"In a state of innocence.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22

“He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22 (1961)

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22

“Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22