For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
JOSEPH HELLERWell, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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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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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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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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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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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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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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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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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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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