Raphael

“My past is everything I failed to be.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly.
No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried.
Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked.
They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered. "They're trying to kill everyone."
And what difference does that make?”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge

“...[A]nything worth dying for ... is certainly worth living for.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22