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.
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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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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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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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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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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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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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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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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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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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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