For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
JOSEPH HELLERProstitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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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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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’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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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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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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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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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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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