Her own body was such a familiar and unremarkable thing to her that she was puzzled by the convulsive ecstasy men could take from it, by the intense and amusing need they had merely to touch it, to reach out urgently and press it, squeeze it, pinch it, rub it. She did not understand Yossarian's lust; but she was willing to take is word for it.

A man's head is his castle.

I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.

They can do anything we can't stop them from doing.

You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!

I'm gonna live forever, or die trying.

When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'