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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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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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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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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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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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