For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
JOSEPH HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
JOSEPH HELLEREvery writer I know has trouble writing.
JOSEPH HELLERYou 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.
JOSEPH HELLERIt doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
JOSEPH HELLERSomething 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.
JOSEPH HELLERAnything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
JOSEPH HELLERBe glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
JOSEPH HELLERSome men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
JOSEPH HELLERThe enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
JOSEPH HELLERInsanity is contagious.
JOSEPH HELLERMankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
JOSEPH HELLERWell, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
JOSEPH HELLERThey agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
JOSEPH HELLERNever quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen I grow up I want to be a little boy.
JOSEPH HELLER