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One of my all-time favorite novels! So much wisdom wrapped up in the pinnacle of hilarity, much like bad cattitude.

Here are a few especially pertinent quotes:

“Insanity is contagious.”

“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.”

“Why are they going to disappear him?'

I don't know.'

“‘It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.”

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

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More brilliant nuggets:

“The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.”

“He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.”

“You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.”

And this classic exchange:

“‘You have a morbid aversion to dying. You probably resent the fact that you're at war and might get your head blown off any second.’

“‘I more than resent it, sir. I'm absolutely incensed.’

“‘You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don't like bigots, bullies, snobs, or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate.’

“‘Consciously, sir, consciously,’ Yossarian corrected in an effort to help. ‘I hate them consciously.’

“!You're antagonistic to the idea of being robbed, exploited, degraded, humiliated, or deceived. Misery depresses you. Ignorance depresses you. Persecution depresses you. Violence depresses you. Corruption depresses you. You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic-depressive!’

“‘Yes, sir. Perhaps I am.’

“‘Don't try to deny it.’

“‘I'm not denying it, sir,’ said Yossarian, pleased with the miraculous rapport that finally existed between them. ‘I agree with all you've said.’”

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All very potent !

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Thank you for the memorable snippets !

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My pleasure. Makes me want to read it again! If only there were thirty thousand of me …

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Novel is named "Catch 22?"

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Yep! Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22.” On my required reading list for all of humanity. (another one for the bibliography ;-)

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Much obliged. Just ordered it🤸🤸

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You may cry, too.

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Yep, the whole gamut.

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you're in for a few laughs.

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.. Just from those snippets I'm looking forward to it

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You are in for such a rollicking ride! I envy you getting to experience it for the first time—and no doubt it will take on even more cataclysmic profundity in the context of Clown World.

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I b excited!!! 🕺🦸

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