Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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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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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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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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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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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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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