They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
JOSEPH HELLERShe was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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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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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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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Insanity is contagious.
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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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