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03/29
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Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898 (Paperback) by Ada Ferrer bookshelves: currently-reading |
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03/23
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Castles of Steel (Paperback) by Robert K. Massie bookshelves: currently-reading |
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03/23
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover) by Barack Obama bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Madumo, a Man Bewitched (Paperback) by Adam Ashforth bookshelves: from-a-few-years-ago-until-forever |
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Things Fall Apart (Paperback) by Chinua Achebe bookshelves: from-a-few-years-ago-until-forever |
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| April 29 | ||
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Old Yeller (Perennial Classics) by Fred Gipson |
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The Cay (Mass Market Paperback) by Theodore Taylor |
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| March 29 | ||
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"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. That's some catch, that catch-22. " — Joseph Heller | |
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"where are the snowdens of yesteryear?" — Joseph Heller | |
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"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on. " — Joseph Heller | |
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"“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.” --Colonel Korn, Catch-22 " — Joseph Heller | |
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The Other Battle: Luftwaffe Night Aces Versus Bomber Command (Hardcover) by Peter Hinchliffe bookshelves: from-a-few-years-ago-until-forever |
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Paddington at Large (Paddington Bear) by Michael Bond |
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Brian's favorite quotes
"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."
— Joseph Heller (Catch-22)
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed."
— Joseph Heller (Catch-22)
"It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
— Joseph Heller
— Joseph Heller
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