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From Quotes by Joseph Heller
- They can do anything we can't stop them from doing.
- I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.'
- But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence…
- I'll tell you what justice is. Justice is a knee in the gut from the floor on the chin at night sneaky with a knife…
- History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on it.…
- From now on I'm thinking only of me." Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way." "Then," said…
- Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family.
- Her own body was such a familiar and unremarkable thing to her that she was puzzled by the convulsive ecstasy men could take from it,…
- 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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