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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.

Joseph Heller

She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
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
You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
JOSEPH HELLER

Ashame Failure Trick
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Boy Grow Up Little
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
JOSEPH HELLER

Hope Misery
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Country Crazy Executive Scare
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
JOSEPH HELLER

Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Broken Heart Miracle Time
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
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want

Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.

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