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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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLERI want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen 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.
JOSEPH HELLERPeace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
JOSEPH HELLERAnything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
JOSEPH HELLERJust because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
JOSEPH HELLERDeath to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
JOSEPH HELLERSomething 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.
JOSEPH HELLERMen went mad and were rewarded with medals.
JOSEPH HELLERBut 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.
JOSEPH HELLERRise above principal and do what’s right.
JOSEPH HELLERI’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
JOSEPH HELLERSome men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
JOSEPH HELLERHe knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
JOSEPH HELLERInsanity is contagious.
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