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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.

Joseph Heller

It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
JOSEPH HELLER

Dead Difference War Win
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
JOSEPH HELLER

Villain
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
JOSEPH HELLER

Broken Heart Die Old
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
JOSEPH HELLER

Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
JOSEPH HELLER

Drive Live Packet
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
JOSEPH HELLER

Mad Paranoid
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Country Crazy Executive Scare
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War
Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
JOSEPH HELLER

Air Exercise Fresh Meet Opportunity People Prostitution Trouble
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Insanity is contagious.
JOSEPH HELLER

Contagious Insane One Liner

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