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“Now, where were we? Read me back the last line.'
'"Read me back the last line,"' read back the corporal who could take shorthand.
'Not my last line, stupid!' the colonel shouted. 'Somebody else's.'
'"Read me back the last line."' read back the corporal.
'That's my last line again!' shrieked the colonel, turning purple with anger.
'Oh, no, sir,' corrected the corporal. 'That's my last line. I read it to you just a moment ago. Don't you remember, sir? It was only a moment ago.”
― Catch-22
'"Read me back the last line,"' read back the corporal who could take shorthand.
'Not my last line, stupid!' the colonel shouted. 'Somebody else's.'
'"Read me back the last line."' read back the corporal.
'That's my last line again!' shrieked the colonel, turning purple with anger.
'Oh, no, sir,' corrected the corporal. 'That's my last line. I read it to you just a moment ago. Don't you remember, sir? It was only a moment ago.”
― Catch-22
“Yossarian had done his best to warn him the night before.
'You haven't got a chance, kid,' he told him glumy. 'They hate Jews.'
'But I'm not Jewish,' answered Clevinger.
'It will make no difference,' Yossarian promised, and Yossarian was right. 'They're after everybody.”
―
'You haven't got a chance, kid,' he told him glumy. 'They hate Jews.'
'But I'm not Jewish,' answered Clevinger.
'It will make no difference,' Yossarian promised, and Yossarian was right. 'They're after everybody.”
―
“En kan utrette atskillig på 86400 sekunder.”
― The Count of Monte Christo
― The Count of Monte Christo
“o , the Pe lican . so
smoothly d o th
he cr est . a wi nd
go d !”
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smoothly d o th
he cr est . a wi nd
go d !”
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“To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
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