He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
JOSEPH HELLERShe was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Insanity is contagious.
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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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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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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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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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