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by mister_tee 1770 days ago
From Kurt Vonnegut's obituary-poem for Joseph Heller [0]: the two were at a party hosted by a billionaire. Vonnegut asked how he felt that the billionaire made in a day what Catch-22 earned over its entire run:

  And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
  And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
  And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
  Not bad! Rest in peace!
[0] https://apoemaday.tumblr.com/post/190861571089/joe-heller