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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.

Joseph Heller

I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Imagination Mercy Process Understand
They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Agree Education Necessary People Possible Question
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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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Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
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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Air Exercise Fresh Meet Opportunity People Prostitution Trouble
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
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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Born Innocence
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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Government Industry Private Togetherness
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost

I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.

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