Chapter 2, p. 25
"They're trylng to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly.
"No one's tryrng to Idll you," Clevinger cried.
"Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarlan asked.
"They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered. "They're trying to kill everyone. "
"And what difference does that make?"
Chapter 4, p. 39
"Well, maybe it is true," Clevinger conceded unwilliingly in a subdued tone. "Maybe a long life
does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants
one?"
"I do," Dunbar told him.
"Why?" Clevinger asked.
"What else is there?"
Chapter 5, p. 54
"Of course thefre crazy.. .1 just told you they're crazy didn't I? And you can't let crazy people decide
whether you're crazy or not can you?"
Chapter 5, p. 55
"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in
the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and
could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and
would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he
was sane he would have 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. Yossarlan was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of
Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. "It's the best
there is," Doc Daneeka agreed. "
Chapter 6, p. 58
"But they don't say you have to go home. And regulations do say you have to obey every order. That's the
catch. Even if the colonel were disobeylng a Twenty-seventh Air Force order by making you fly more
missions, you'd still have to fly them, or you'd be guilty of disobeying an order of his. And then
Twenty seventh Air Force Headquarters would really jump on you."
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