Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
JOSEPH HELLERI think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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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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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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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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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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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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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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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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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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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Insanity is contagious.
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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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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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