Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.

Joseph Heller

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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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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
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
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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Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
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
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow 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
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
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
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
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
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
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
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
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
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

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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