Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditio…

Joseph Heller
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Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one? ✨ Joseph Heller (1999). Catch-22: A Novel, p.46, Simon and Schuster
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