History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen I grow up I want to be a little boy.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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