All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
JOSEPH HELLERNever quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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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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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
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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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When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Insanity is contagious.
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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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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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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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