The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And don't you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live.

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.

Why are they going to disappear him?' I don't know.' It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.

What do you do when it rains?" The captain answered frankly. "I get wet.

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.

But how can one be warm alone?

All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.