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Nately Had A Bad Start. He Came From A Good Family.

But The God I Don't Believe In Is A Good God, A Just God, A Merciful God. He's Not The Mean And Stupid God You Make Him Out To Be.

History Did Not Demand Yossarian's Premature Demise, Justice Could Be Satisfied Without It, Progress Did Not Hinge Upon It, Victory Did Not Depend On It. That Men Would Die Was A Matter Of Necessity; Which Men Would Die, Though, Was A Matter Of Circumstance, And Yossarian Was Willing To Be The Victim Of Anything But Circumstance. But That Was War. Just About All He Could Find In Its Favor Was That It Paid Well And Liberated Children From The Pernicious Influence Of Their Parents.

I Don't Think It's Good To Achieve Too Much At Too Early An Age. What Else Can The Future Give You If You've Already Got All That Your Imagination Has Dreamt Up For You? A Writer Is Only Discovered Once In A Lifetime, And If It Happens Very Early The Impossibility Of Matching That Moment Again Can Have A Somewhat Corrosive Effect On His Personality And Indeed On The Work Itself.

From Men Motivated By Moral Certitude, History Teaches, No Lasting Good Ever Comes.