I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLERInsanity is contagious.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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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.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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