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

Joseph Heller

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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
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
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
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
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
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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Government Industry Private Togetherness
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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Deal Greatness Important Work
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
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

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