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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.

Joseph Heller

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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
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
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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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Born Innocence
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Country Crazy Executive Scare
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
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
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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Dreams Night
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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
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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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral

History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.

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