Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
JOSEPH HELLERShe was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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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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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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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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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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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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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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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Insanity is contagious.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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