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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.

Joseph Heller

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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Life Negative Responsiblity Run Save
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
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
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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Dreams Night
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
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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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War
I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Broken Heart Miracle Time
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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Ashame Failure Trick
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery

I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.

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