Joseph Heller Quote

I used to get a big kick out of saving people’s lives. Now I wonder what the hell’s the point, since they all have to die anyway.Oh, there’s a point, all right, Dunbar assured him.Is there? What’s the point?The point is to keep them from dying as long as you can.Yeah, but what’s the point, since they all have to die anyway?The trick is not to think about that.Never mind the trick. What the hell’s the point?Dunbar pondered in silence for a few moments. Who the hell knows.

Joseph Heller

I used to get a big kick out of saving people’s lives. Now I wonder what the hell’s the point, since they all have to die anyway.Oh, there’s a point, all right, Dunbar assured him.Is there? What’s the point?The point is to keep them from dying as long as you can.Yeah, but what’s the point, since they all have to die anyway?The trick is not to think about that.Never mind the trick. What the hell’s the point?Dunbar pondered in silence for a few moments. Who the hell knows.

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About Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is the 1961 novel Catch-22, a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice. He was nominated in 1972 for the Nobel Prize in Literature.