"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt."

I decided to finally rectify the fact that I'm probably the only person who managed to get through the American public school system without reading Catch-22 (and by "I," I mean "my best friend"; and by "decided" I mean, "forced the book upon me under the guise of a birthday present"). And you know, all I really have to say is ( I don't even know why I'm spoiler cutting, because I feel that even those of you who haven't yet read it deserve to be forewarned )