13 quotes
American writer
“The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.”
"It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
on Death
"mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow."
on Philosophy
"There is no disappointment so numbing...as someone no better than you achieving more."
on Competition
"I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long."
on Dreams
"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."
"The spirit gone, man is garbage."
"All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars."
on Nature
"They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady."
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt..."
on Courage
"But Yossarian knew he was right, because, as he explained to Clevinger, to the best of his knowledge he had never been wrong."
on Truth
"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them."
on Wisdom
"Every writer I know has trouble writing."
on Writing
