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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.

Joseph Heller

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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Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
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
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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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Drive Live Packet
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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
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
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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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
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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Ashame Failure Trick
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

For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.

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