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

Joseph Heller

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
JOSEPH HELLER

Mad Paranoid
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
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
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want
The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
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
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust

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