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  1. Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923– December 12,1999)

    Before writing Catch-22, Joseph Heller served as a bombardier in World War II and flew 60 combat missions over France and Italy.

    That experience became the seed of one of the most famous anti-war novels of the 20th century - a book where war is shown not as noble glory, but as a terrifying system of fear, paperwork, commands, and absurd rules.

    #books #writers #reading #catch22 #JosephHeller #Heller #book #bookstodon @bookstodon

  2. Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923– December 12,1999)

    Before writing Catch-22, Joseph Heller served as a bombardier in World War II and flew 60 combat missions over France and Italy.

    That experience became the seed of one of the most famous anti-war novels of the 20th century - a book where war is shown not as noble glory, but as a terrifying system of fear, paperwork, commands, and absurd rules.

    #books #writers #reading #catch22 #JosephHeller #Heller #book #bookstodon @bookstodon

  3. Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923– December 12,1999)

    Before writing Catch-22, Joseph Heller served as a bombardier in World War II and flew 60 combat missions over France and Italy.

    That experience became the seed of one of the most famous anti-war novels of the 20th century - a book where war is shown not as noble glory, but as a terrifying system of fear, paperwork, commands, and absurd rules.

    #books #writers #reading #catch22 #JosephHeller #Heller #book #bookstodon @bookstodon

  4. Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923– December 12,1999)

    Before writing Catch-22, Joseph Heller served as a bombardier in World War II and flew 60 combat missions over France and Italy.

    That experience became the seed of one of the most famous anti-war novels of the 20th century - a book where war is shown not as noble glory, but as a terrifying system of fear, paperwork, commands, and absurd rules.

    #books #writers #reading #catch22 #JosephHeller #Heller #book #bookstodon @bookstodon

  5. Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923– December 12,1999)

    Before writing Catch-22, Joseph Heller served as a bombardier in World War II and flew 60 combat missions over France and Italy.

    That experience became the seed of one of the most famous anti-war novels of the 20th century - a book where war is shown not as noble glory, but as a terrifying system of fear, paperwork, commands, and absurd rules.

    #books #writers #reading #catch22 #JosephHeller #Heller #book #bookstodon @bookstodon

  6. 📢
    “You’re right, you’re right, you’re right.
    The hot dog. The Brooklyn Dodgers. Mom’s apple pie.
    That’s what everyone’s fighting for.

    But who’s fighting for the decent folk?
    Who’s fighting for more votes for the decent folk?

    There’s no patriotism — that’s what it is.
    And no matriotism either.”
    — Catch-22

    #Catch22 #JosephHeller #AntiWar #Satire #Books

  7. 📢
    “You’re right, you’re right, you’re right.
    The hot dog. The Brooklyn Dodgers. Mom’s apple pie.
    That’s what everyone’s fighting for.

    But who’s fighting for the decent folk?
    Who’s fighting for more votes for the decent folk?

    There’s no patriotism — that’s what it is.
    And no matriotism either.”
    — Catch-22

    #Catch22 #JosephHeller #AntiWar #Satire #Books

  8. 📢
    “You’re right, you’re right, you’re right.
    The hot dog. The Brooklyn Dodgers. Mom’s apple pie.
    That’s what everyone’s fighting for.

    But who’s fighting for the decent folk?
    Who’s fighting for more votes for the decent folk?

    There’s no patriotism — that’s what it is.
    And no matriotism either.”
    — Catch-22

    #Catch22 #JosephHeller #AntiWar #Satire #Books

  9. 📢
    “You’re right, you’re right, you’re right.
    The hot dog. The Brooklyn Dodgers. Mom’s apple pie.
    That’s what everyone’s fighting for.

    But who’s fighting for the decent folk?
    Who’s fighting for more votes for the decent folk?

    There’s no patriotism — that’s what it is.
    And no matriotism either.”
    — Catch-22

    #Catch22 #JosephHeller #AntiWar #Satire #Books

  10. 📢
    “You’re right, you’re right, you’re right.
    The hot dog. The Brooklyn Dodgers. Mom’s apple pie.
    That’s what everyone’s fighting for.

    But who’s fighting for the decent folk?
    Who’s fighting for more votes for the decent folk?

    There’s no patriotism — that’s what it is.
    And no matriotism either.”
    — Catch-22

    #Catch22 #JosephHeller #AntiWar #Satire #Books

  11. America is not gonna be destroyed
    Never

    Rome was destroyed
    Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed
    Spain was destroyed
    All great countries are destroyed
    Why not yours?
    How much longer do you think your country will last?
    Forever?
    #suvivorsGuilt #riseAgainst #josephHeller #quote

  12. America is not gonna be destroyed
    Never

    Rome was destroyed
    Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed
    Spain was destroyed
    All great countries are destroyed
    Why not yours?
    How much longer do you think your country will last?
    Forever?
    #suvivorsGuilt #riseAgainst #josephHeller #quote

  13. America is not gonna be destroyed
    Never

    Rome was destroyed
    Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed
    Spain was destroyed
    All great countries are destroyed
    Why not yours?
    How much longer do you think your country will last?
    Forever?
    #suvivorsGuilt #riseAgainst #josephHeller #quote

  14. 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.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22
    #Trump #Writing #josephheller #uspolitics #Politics

  15. 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.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22

  16. 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.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22
    #Trump #Writing #josephheller #uspolitics #Politics

  17. 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.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22
    #Trump #Writing #josephheller #uspolitics #Politics

  18. 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.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22
    #Trump #Writing #josephheller #uspolitics #Politics

  19. "La mente humana es una gran ciudad en la que el individuo está siempre perdido. Se pasa la vida tanteando, tratando de encontrarse." —Joseph Heller
    #citas #CitasLiterarias #literatura #cuento #JosephHeller #escritores #libroverso

  20. "La mente humana es una gran ciudad en la que el individuo está siempre perdido. Se pasa la vida tanteando, tratando de encontrarse." —Joseph Heller
    #citas #CitasLiterarias #literatura #cuento #JosephHeller #escritores #libroverso

  21. "La mente humana es una gran ciudad en la que el individuo está siempre perdido. Se pasa la vida tanteando, tratando de encontrarse." —Joseph Heller
    #citas #CitasLiterarias #literatura #cuento #JosephHeller #escritores #libroverso

  22. "La mente humana es una gran ciudad en la que el individuo está siempre perdido. Se pasa la vida tanteando, tratando de encontrarse." —Joseph Heller
    #citas #CitasLiterarias #literatura #cuento #JosephHeller #escritores #libroverso

  23. "La mente humana es una gran ciudad en la que el individuo está siempre perdido. Se pasa la vida tanteando, tratando de encontrarse." —Joseph Heller
    #citas #CitasLiterarias #literatura #cuento #JosephHeller #escritores #libroverso

  24. Catch-22, A book for our time!

    “Much of the novel is about Yossarian’s determined efforts to stay alive — by not flying missions — which are thwarted by “catch-22”. This regulation stipulates that a pilot may request to be grounded if he pleads insanity, but that if he is sane enough to know that flying missions is insane, he is deemed to be of sound mind.”

    “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.”

    #josephheller #catch22
    on.ft.com/44nHeYw

  25. Catch-22, A book for our time!

    “Much of the novel is about Yossarian’s determined efforts to stay alive — by not flying missions — which are thwarted by “catch-22”. This regulation stipulates that a pilot may request to be grounded if he pleads insanity, but that if he is sane enough to know that flying missions is insane, he is deemed to be of sound mind.”

    “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.”

    #josephheller #catch22
    on.ft.com/44nHeYw

  26. Catch-22, A book for our time!

    “Much of the novel is about Yossarian’s determined efforts to stay alive — by not flying missions — which are thwarted by “catch-22”. This regulation stipulates that a pilot may request to be grounded if he pleads insanity, but that if he is sane enough to know that flying missions is insane, he is deemed to be of sound mind.”

    “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.”

    #josephheller #catch22
    on.ft.com/44nHeYw

  27. Catch-22, A book for our time!

    “Much of the novel is about Yossarian’s determined efforts to stay alive — by not flying missions — which are thwarted by “catch-22”. This regulation stipulates that a pilot may request to be grounded if he pleads insanity, but that if he is sane enough to know that flying missions is insane, he is deemed to be of sound mind.”

    “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.”

    #josephheller #catch22
    on.ft.com/44nHeYw

  28. Catch-22, A book for our time!

    “Much of the novel is about Yossarian’s determined efforts to stay alive — by not flying missions — which are thwarted by “catch-22”. This regulation stipulates that a pilot may request to be grounded if he pleads insanity, but that if he is sane enough to know that flying missions is insane, he is deemed to be of sound mind.”

    “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.”

    #josephheller #catch22
    on.ft.com/44nHeYw

  29. > I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel
    to know that our host only yesterday
    may have made more money
    than your novel ‘Catch-22’
    has earned in its entire history?”
    And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
    And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
    And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
    Not bad! Rest in peace!
    - themarginalian.org/2014/01/16/
    #Enough with #JosephHeller of #Catch22 fame and #KurtVonnegut see #EnoughIsEnough and #老子, #老子44
    - mstdn.jp/@bsmall2/109093546734