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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.

Joseph Heller

The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
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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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Agree Education Necessary People Possible Question
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
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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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
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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Air Exercise Fresh Meet Opportunity People Prostitution Trouble
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
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
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
Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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Drive Live Packet

There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.

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