The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. ... [But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.

True power is not threatening, forceful, domineering or destructive...
True power is relational and freeing...
It is Love.

I hate that door," continued Marvin. "I'm not getting you down at all, am I?

The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.

Written By Joseph Heller

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