"The only way out was through."
Perseverance
"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22."
Wisdom
"You're in love with me."
Love
"The only thing worth dying for is music or poetry - and I'm not even sure about them."
Philosophy
"What a lousy earth! If there is a God, He is insane."
Faith
"I want to keep on living forever just like I'm doing now."
Life
"That's all there is to it. A man is better off dead."
Death
"Why are they going to disappear him?"
Politics
"I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll paint you a picture of the future."
Imagination
"They're after me. They're after me, but they haven't got me yet."
Fear
"The world is crazy, and I'm the only sane man in it."
Wisdom
"There is nothing funny about any of this."
Humor
"Catch-22 says I can do anything I want to do, but if I want to keep on living, I can't ever do it."
Freedom
"I want to live forever, or die trying."
Life
"The enemy is anybody that's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on."
War
"I'm the censor. It's my job to censor the letters."
Power
"Catch-22 says I can do anything I want to if the commanding officer approves. But he won't approve."
Justice
"That's some catch, that Catch-22. It's the best there is."
Truth
"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."
"Good God, I'm going crazy, he thought. That's the only explanation. It was all a dream and he was going crazy."
Fear
"I suppose I have a right to be mad, but I don't know what I'm mad about."
"That's some catch, that Catch-22."
Truth
"One more day like this and he would be grateful to be alive."
Gratitude
"That's the secret, he thought. That's what it's all about."
Wisdom
"I want to live, he thought simply. Just let me live."
Hope
"Why are you so crazy? asked Clevinger."
"They don't want to hear it, he said."
Truth
"I'm the enemy, Yossarian said to himself."
Truth
"That is the only solution, he thought finally. That is the only way out."
"Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask."
Humor