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Joseph Heller

American novelist; b. 1923; d. 1999

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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (19 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them.

Joseph Heller, Catch-22, in Work and Recreation

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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (9 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

Joseph Heller, Catch-22, in War and Peace

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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (21 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

I'm gonna live forever, or die trying.

Joseph Heller, Catch-22, in Life and Death

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