Joseph Heller

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them

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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's 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 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. Yossarian 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

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

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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them

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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long