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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.

Joseph Heller

Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
JOSEPH HELLER

Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Country Crazy Executive Scare
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
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
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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
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
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
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
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
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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 want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLER

Dreams Night

Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.

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