I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
JOSEPH HELLERPeace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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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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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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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.
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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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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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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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