Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
JOSEPH HELLERInsanity is contagious.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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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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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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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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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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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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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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You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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