What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
JOSEPH HELLERMankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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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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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Insanity is contagious.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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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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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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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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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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