He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
JOSEPH HELLERLet’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Insanity is contagious.
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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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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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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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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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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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