Joseph HellerSomeone had to do something sometime. Every victim was a culprit, every culprit a victim, and somebody had to stand up sometime to try to break the lousy chain of inherited habit that was imperiling them all.
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If you are a victim of a horrible act, someone else was also a victim. The story of how you got out of that horrific situation is the story of all the victims whose lives were changed.
Source: Catch22
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