History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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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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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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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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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy 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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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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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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