Surely so many countries can't all be worth dying for. Anything worth …

Joseph Heller
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Surely so many countries can't all be worth dying for. Anything worth living for, said Nately, is worth dying for. And anything worth dying for, answered the sacrilegious old man, is certainly worth living for. ✨ Joseph Heller's Catch-22: A Critical Edition.
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Surely so many countries can't all be worth dying for. Anything worth living for, said Nately, is worth dying for. And anything worth dying for, answered the sacrilegious old man, is certainly worth living for. ✨ Joseph Heller's Catch-22: A Critical Edition.

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