mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.

Heller later remembered the war as "fun in the beginning. A. I.

Joseph Heller (May 1 1923 – December 12 1999) was an American satirical novelist short story writer and playwright. The title of one of his works Catch-22 entered the English lexicon to refer to a vicious circle where an absurd no-win choice particularly in situations in which the desired outcome of the choice is an impossibility and regardless of choice the same negative outcome is a certainty.