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Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about.
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After he made up his mind to spend the rest of the war in the hospital, Yossarian wrote letters to everyone he knew saying that he was in the hospital but never mentioning why. One day he had a better idea. To everyone he knew he wrote that he was going on a very dangerous mission. "They asked for volunteers. It's very dangerous, but someone has to do it. I'll write you the instant I get back." And he had not written anyone since.
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He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
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I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.'
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Everything passes. (That's what makes it endurable.)
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There was only one catch and that was catch 22
Joseph Heller