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Joseph Heller Quotes about Children

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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Joseph Heller
Inspirational, Children, Growing Up
Joseph Heller (1974). “Something Happened”, p.340, Simon and Schuster

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 of their parents.

Joseph Heller
Children, War, Parent
Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

I couldn't see much point in tying myself down to a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and the children were my own.

Joseph Heller
Marriage, Children, Wife
"Good As Gold".

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. That men would die was a matter of necessity; WHICH men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance. 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 of their parents.

Joseph Heller
Children, War, Men
Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

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