It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
JOSEPH HELLERProstitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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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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But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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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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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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