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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.

Joseph Heller

Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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Born Innocence
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
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.
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Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Broken Heart Miracle Time
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
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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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral

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