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. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#life

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#born #mediocre #mediocrity #men #some

He was one of those people with lots of intelligence but no brains ↗

— Joseph Heller

#humor

Nurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change him. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#change

This stuff is better than cotton candy, really it is. It’s made out of real cotton. Yossarian, you’ve got to help me make the men eat it. Egyptian cotton is the finest cotton in the world. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#men

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#war #enemy

It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#war #death

Why are they going to disappear him?' I don't know.' It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#humor

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#freedom #freedom-of-thought #independence #freedom

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#bad #because #dreams #even #i