The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
JOSEPH HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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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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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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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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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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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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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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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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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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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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