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It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.

— Joseph Heller Catch-22 (1961)

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

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three.

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He could never decide whether to furgle them or photograph them, for he had found it impossible to do both simultaneously.

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Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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Outside the hospital the war was still going on. Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
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